tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051067618683381501.post4446415456671865209..comments2023-09-20T08:29:33.663-07:00Comments on San Diego County Bicycle Coalition: Notes from the Board ChairSan Diego County Bicycle Coalitionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00512165030970351070noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051067618683381501.post-80921354387994459462013-01-07T22:33:05.198-08:002013-01-07T22:33:05.198-08:00Dear David:
Thank you for your note.
SDCBC val...Dear David:<br /><br /> Thank you for your note.<br /><br /> SDCBC values its members and we rely on input like this to bring issues to our attention. There are improvements to be made all over the region.<br /><br />We do work closer with SANDAG to make sure that they money they make available get spent on worthy projects, but it is up to individual citieswhat projects get put forward for funding. once projects are funded we do put pressure on cities to make sure they are implemented in a way that best serves cyclists.Sometimes the amount of time it takes to get projects doneis frustratingly slow. Keep in mind that the SANDAG active transportation grant program last year also funded nearly $9 million worth for bicycle and pedestrian projects all across the region.<br /><br />SANDAG is slowly addressing the bike locker issue with the move toward electronic bike lockers that are available on a first-come, first served basis, but it will take while. SDCBC can continue to put pressure on SANDAG to update the lockers.<br /><br />The Balboa/Mission Bay drive is one of many intersections frequented by cyclists that we would like to see changed. In 2013 we plan on doing more to prioritize some of the worst intersections in the county.<br /> <br /> Finally, we encourage and support the formation of local bike committees that can more directly address neighborhood level issues. The SDCBC has assisted all of these committees as they have formed and made an impact in their communities. They include the City of Oceanside, Encinitas, Solana Beach, Coronado and Chula Vista. More are on the way!San Diego County Bicycle Coalitionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00512165030970351070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051067618683381501.post-54799116813412444152012-12-20T12:53:04.412-08:002012-12-20T12:53:04.412-08:00I am declining to renew my membership in SDCBC. W...I am declining to renew my membership in SDCBC. While I appreciate some of the advocacy done by the organization, I find the close association the organization has chosen to create with SANDAG to be troubling. I feel that SANDAG is a poorly run, and politically corrupt organization. I have seen "advocacy" for big dollar projects that are of no real value to the cycling community, but benefit back slapping politician's who can call themselves "The Cyclists Friend", and put money into the pockets of their contractor cronies. (It doesn't work on me-Mr Kern did NOT get my vote);<br /><br />>The rail trail in Carlsbad that is hardly used by anyone, while thousands of cyclists using the much better Carlsbad Blvd route ignore it.<br />>MUP's along Broadway and Myers St's in Oceanside that are in view of the thousands of cyclists on those streets, and mostly unused.<br />>Providing Bike lockers free of charge that encourages people to apply for, then not use, lockers, while people like me who would actually use them were shut out by "Lack of Vacancy". (I had attempted to engage SDCBC in my fight with SANDAG over this issue, but realize now I was trying to work with an agency that was in the pocket of the enemy)<br />>And the straw that broke the camels back, and drove me to drop my membership, half a million dollars to be spent on a traffic circle at Carlsbad Blvd, State St. and Hill St (Coast Hwy, for you newcomers)<br /><br />Money that can be better spent on;<br /><br />>Resurfacing Old Hwy 101 from Las Pulgas to San Onofre State Beach<br />>Widening the causeway over Buena Vista Lagoon, and adding bike lanes (The part of the traffic circle project that actually makes sense.)<br />>Resurfacing the Carmel Valley to Sorrento Valley Bike Path.<br />>Improvements to traffic flow in portions of San Diego, an example of which is the death trap that is the area surrounding Balboa and Mission Bay Drive. <br /><br />David Saenz<br />Oceanside.El Loco Tio David.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14673655520315957921noreply@blogger.com