Last Year as I started this blog, I wrote about how two accidents that didn't need to happen. One was Jose Carlos Macy who died across from the HEB on W Commerce and Calaveras and another Chase White on Broadway right before Hildebrand. One year late nothing has changed, these stroads are still terrible places to ride your bicycle.
Jose Carlos Macy was riding home along the 5ft bicycle lane on W Commerce St when two people decided to turn W Commerce into a race way. People are unaware that when they're driving, the size of the lane that they're traveling in will either encourage or discourage speeding and the wider the lane, the more accidents are likely to happen. W commerce St has two 12 ft lanes and only 5ft for a bicycle lane on the left hand side while the right hand side is 9ft wide.(Image 42-1) When I'm going down this stroad, I am always riding in the right shoulder because you have 9ft to use. There's rarely parked cars and for the most part, I don't have an issue with VIA buses stopping at the bus stops.
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Now about two years ago, I complained about this very issue to the BMAC
at one of their bike nights and I recommended that they keep the current
design but move the bicycle lane over to the right side of the stroad.
I spoke about this before this tragedy took place. Well they recently
repainted both Buena Vista W Commerce St and you guessed it, they
kept the same dangerous design. Just another example that the city don't
really care for you riding your bicycle unless it's for recreation.
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Here's my suggestion on what they should do to both Buena Vista and W Commerce St.(Image 42-2) But they won't because cars would have to stop behind a VIA bus we can't have a car be slowed down.
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Ben White was riding home northbound on Broadway when a guy in an
oversize pickup truck struck him and drove away. Since then, the
Construction has ended and what they left behind was 12ft travel lanes and no bicycle lanes. Ben White
was lucky, he's still alive and there's talk about improving Broadway,
but don't count your blessings for if the history of the city's action
are any indications, they'll keep the oversize stroad, in favor of my
common sense suggestion that I publish back in August 2014.(Image 42-3, 42-4) Worse yet,
there's talk about removing the protected bicycle lane behind Sams
Burger Joint to put in parking. Again, these actions goes to show that an unoccupied vehicle is more important than providing a safe place to ride. If this action is not with the saying Keep San Antonio Lame, I don't know what is.
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Now I've been talking about to people who got into car crashes while on their bicycles. Many told me how SAPD virtually does nothing to catch the terrible driver and don't expect the hammer to come to your rescue. I've been told by those on bicycles who got hit by cars end up being told by such law firms that their cases aren't worth it. Even worse, a slap on the wrist is pretty much what the perpetrator gets for injuring or even committing involuntary manslaughter.
The latest victim is a cyclist that was hit last month at the corner of Fredricksburg Rd and N Flores. The driver ran a red light and hit her and simply drove off. So far as I understand it, they haven't even caught the guy who thought it was more important to get to where he was going fast than a value of a person life. Her name is Devona, and she could use your assistance. Her family has set up a go fund me site to help pay for her medical bills. http://www.gofundme.com/d-rod They are still pretty short of their $4000 goal so please donate a dollar.
As my new job keeps me away from San Antonio and time from writing this blog, I'm going to slow down a bit and keep a post at least once a month and at irregular periods. My goal is still the same, and I hope that you keep doing what you can do to make San Antonio a better place to ride a bicycle and to Keep San Antonio Real.
It has been my experience that motorist do respect the green lanes more
than just the white paint although the ones in Austin that I have rode
in are at least 6ft wide. The problem with these lanes will not be
solved by putting some green paint down, what needs to be done, is that
these lanes need to wider. Around 24th St, they're not even wide enough
to be bike lanes at all. For safe reliable bike lanes, they need to be
6ft wide, maybe 5, but these are barely 4ft which don't allow you
enough room to get out of the way when a car passes. The reason why
people are getting hurt using these lanes is simply because they're
simply not wide enough which doesn't even provide room to maneuver out of the
way of hazards that you might encounter while riding in these lanes. Cars pass you with in 2ft as you ride in this lane, so
I'm sorry to say, if you want to fix these lanes, you'll have to remove
that center turn lane and put that space to the bike lane with green
paint, then the bicycle lane will work properly.
I'll give Shirley Gonzales credit for trying for she is basically the only one towards an alternative transportation future, unlike Ron Nirenberg or Diego Bernal, who claim they are but are all full of talk and lack of actions just like regular politicians. So I say this with the rest of San Antonio Bicycling Community, thank you very much Shirley Gonzales for your hard work and may you please stay in office forever, at least one side of town will be bicycle friendly after you leave office. Although if you can, please try to change some laws, maybe some of these mistakes could be avoided in the first place. Also the city needs to adopt NATCO standards and get rid of the law Sec. 19-66. Conformity with state manual, which forces us to use AASHTO standards, the reason why we have unsafe bicycle lanes in the first place all around San Antonio. Keep San Antonio Lame.
Now when I first heard about the green bicycle lanes, I thought It was going to happen on the one way sections of W Commerce and Buena Vista, but for the foreseeable future, they're going to stay the same. (Image 28-3) Now the following cross sections that I've posted (Images 28-3, 28-5, 28-7) are facing east. I did all these measurements at the corner of W Commerce and Nueces nearby the Bazan Library. Now the Sidewalk length isn't the same the entire stretch of W Commerce and Buena Vista, the roadway surface is.
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some of news stories I've heard, they mention Jose Carlos Macy death, but
if anyone who's familiar with the circumstances of his death, will
realize that is wasn't because of a stray motorist not paying attention,
it was because two people were racing their cars down W Commerce, and second the tragedy was at the HEB by Zarzamora, not NW 24th St near OLLU. Now I wrote
about the tragedy that took place back in May, but I got something wrong
about the size of the drive lanes which are not 14ft wide, but are
actually 12ft wide. (Image 28-3) Just by looking at the width of these lanes makes
you think they're very wide and the way they manufacture cars today, it way to easy
to exceed the speed limit.
Personally, I don't ride in this bicycle lane because every time I'm crossing a major stroad like Zarzamora or Colorado, I almost get in a accident by drivers making left turns in front of me traditionally called "right hooks" which you can see the example of what almost happens to me when I ride in the left hand bike lane in the video above. Also, it is ingrain into our society that slower traffic stays right, so somebody driving a car is more likely to expect a slow moving cyclist on the right hand side. Another thing, is the fact that these lanes don't provide much room and on any given day, you'll see someone parked in it. (Image 28-4)
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Now if we're really interested in solving the problems with W Commerce and Buena Vista which is a current place where people reporting of car races, then the solution isn't painting the lane green but reducing the drive lanes to 11ft wide and putting the bicycle lane on the other side of the stroad. Lets keep this bicycle lane on the left hand side, but instead of going with the direction of traffic, it goes against the direction of traffic. Make this lane 6ft wide and use the two feet that we get by reducing the drive lanes by putting in a concrete median. By doing this, anybody who has a grand ideal of using Buena Vista or W Commerce as a race way, they're in for a big surprise for when they're racing, they'll end up hitting the curb and damaging their car and hopefully, not the people who happen to be riding home on a bicycle. (Image 28-5)
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One of the reasons that the bicycle lane got put on the left hand side
was because Via complained about not having a place for their buses to
stop.(Image 28-6) Well, for all those who are worried about where are the buses
going to stop, well here's the solution (Image 28-7) and it's nothing new for those
who are frequent readers of this blog will know that the solution is a bus stop island just like the one in Austin on Guadalupe, just like the
ones in the Netherlands
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But don't count on this solution being built any time soon or in the foreseeable future. You will never see this on the west side because our political leaders care nothing for the loss of life except for the person proposing the green lanes, Shirley Gonzales. Also Via is looking at this particular Corridor for it's future light rail system which because the cars are simply more important, it will use up space for a protected bicycle lane, instead of the cars. It is a sad fact of reality that San Antonio doesn't want a safer street, but a dangerous stroad. The day that San Antonio sees W Commerce And Buena Vista just like the cross sections I posted is the day that pigs fly. Keep San Antonio Lame.
Speaking about recreation trails, there's an important petition going
on right now to give people a choice in getting round town outside loop
410. It is a petition to allow use of the Howard Peak Linear Creekways
after dark. As a person who constantly broke this law to get safely
home after the buses stopped running, I can attest that the worse thing I
came in contact with wasn't an ax murder, but a big ass spider with the
entire web blocking the trail right underneath the Houston St Bridge by
the AT&T Center. I doubt that our city leaders will give into this
because they're more serious about making sure cars have big dangerous
numerous lanes instead of bike lanes, like Diego
Bernal who spoke that a 1,000 miles of bike lanes where coming but when
they repaved the stroads in his district, they failed to put them in or Ron Nirenberg who wants to plan for them and then leave the plan collecting dust.
I'm still going to sign it and I'm going to be publishing this petition
after every story until we get a new city council in May. I wish I
wasn't right but I know for a fact that our mayor and city council will
ignore this petition while people like me just go out an brake the law
because I rather get a ticket, then show up on the morning news about another cyclist got hit or killed on the many stroads San Antonio.
Images: 27-1: main image for
petition.https://www.change.org/p/mayor-ivy-r-taylor-repeal-code-of-ordinances-22-28-e-so-as-to-allow-use-and-access-of-leon-and-salado-creek-greenway-facilities-beyond-daylight-hours-in-accordance-with-22-28-a?utm_campaign=friend_inviter_chat&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=permissions_dialog_false&share_id=JvxsaOGtXK 27-2:
The Spider Web I encountered around 3:30 AM back in July at the foot of
the Houston St Bridge on Salado Creek Linear Creekway.
28-1: W Commerce St of the bike lane next to the Valero to an entrance to OLLU looking west. 28-2: A Via Bus stopped at the bus stop at the corner of 24th St and W Commerce showing how the buses have to invade the lane to make a stop. 28-3: A cross section of W Commerce at Nueces looking east on how it looks currently. 28-4: A picture of a car parked off the street and a car partially parked in the bike lane at Cibolo St on W Commerce looking West. 28-5: A Cross Section of W Commerce at Nueces looking East if the bike lanes were put on either side while reducing the driving lanes. 28-6: A Via Bus stopped at the bus stop across the stroad from the Bazan Library looking East. 28-7: A Cross Section of W Commerce at Nueces looking East if they had built a bus stop island.
As the Mayor issued his Proclamation in support for National Bike Month, two people got into accidents on very busy stroads. The first was at Broadway near Hildebrand where Chase White was riding home on his Cannondale got hit by a SUV. The other was Jose Carlos Macy got sideswiped while riding on in the bike Lane where two cars were racing. Both are dangerous places to ride even with a bicycle lane but they don't have to be, the City of San Antonio has failed time and time again to provide safe places to ride your bicycles on major thoroughfares and from the looks of things, they ain't going to change anytime soon. April 29, 2014. Chase White:
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Chase White, like other people ride daily on Broadway. On the night of April 29,(image 5.1) White was riding his bicycle in the right lane which is roughly 10 feet in width. This lane stretches from Hildebrand to Casa Blanca. As he was riding a SUV came along and rear ended him as he and the SUV entered the construction zone by Hildebrand. He had lights, but the person in the SUV didn't have the patience for sharing the road. He is lucky to be alive, he had a helmet which saved his life, but chances are, he will be buried in debt for medical bills and is officially out of work for a while.
Jose Carlos Macy thought he was safe riding in the bicycle lane on W Commerce St. (Image 5.2) Little did he and his friend knew, two cars decided to race down the stroad and he got dragged underneath the car. The car speed away leaving Jose to die. He wasn't wearing a helmet, and how could he, it really uncomfortable to wear one.
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The Problem with Broadway, Chase White:
Broadway is one big stroad, and because of its location sandwich between US 281 / Olmos Basin and Fort Sam Houston, (Image 5.3) it is a very major thoroughfare between Downtown and the North East Side of town. Now we can blame the driver of the SUV who wasn't paying attention, we can blame Chase White for not yielding to the car, or we can blame the people who designed Broadway.
Broadway consist of one 12ft center turn lane, two 12 ft vehicle lanes and one 10ft vehicle lane.(Image 5.4) Imagine if they didn't have that 10 ft right lane, but a protected bicycle lane also known as a cycletrack. There's no reason for San Antonio to have 3 vehicle lanes going in the same direction. When you have more than two lanes, the cars race each other and overtake each other passing in every lane available whether it is the left lane or right lane. Just go sit at a bus stop along Broadway and you'll see the cars racing each other. But if they actually had a protected cycletrack like the one they have in Austin on Guadalupe St, (Image 5.5) then maybe Chase would still be working and would still have healthy pelvis.
W Commerce St is a one way stroad consisting of a 4ft bicycle lane in the left side of the street, two 14ft vehicle lanes and 10ft shoulder. (Image 5.6) Now I have had problems riding in this bicycle lane to where I don't ride in it anymore. I don't know how many time I almost got killed because a car wanted to make a left turn and couldn't give a damn that I was riding in that lane behind him. This same make up for the stroad going the other way, Buena Vista which also has the bicycle lane on the left hand side and should be kept out of. Now a days, when I find my self on W Commerce or Buena Vista, you'll find me riding in the 10ft shoulder. The good news, cars aren't always parked in it. You have all this space to your self that the other cars are keeping out, might as well use it.
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Now every time I see screwed up designs here on the West, South and East sides, I wonder if it was intentionally put that way because of the Hispanics and Black people live out here. I have no evidence that this is a result of racial discrimination, but when you see the broken small sidewalks and the dangerous bicycle lane on the left hand side, I can only help but think that way. There are many more examples that I will point out in future blogs that has got to be the result of racism in these parts of town..
Now image if we were to shorten the 14ft vehicle lanes to 12ft and replace the 10ft shoulder with a two way cycle tracks. Imagine if that was in place on the night that Jose was riding home, he would probably would be alive right now. One of the two racing vehicles would have probably hit the barrier separating the vehicle lanes from the driving lanes and perhaps killing one of the drivers. Again, you don't have to travel far to see what could have save the life of Jose Carlos Macy. All you have to do is travel to Austin and ride down Rio Grande St by UT and you'll see a two way bicycle lane. You can also go to 2nd St there as well and take a look at that cycle track (Image 5.7). The reason why I want 2 way cycletracks on one way street is to reduce the conflict for when people have to go in the direction against the flow of traffic.
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Now if your worried about the bus stops along these stroads, then I might recommend the bus island. There's no reason why the bus has to enter these protect bicycle lanes. This one in Austin along Guadalupe St is a perfect example on one and you don't have to travel to the Netherlands to see others in action. You can also use this same method to make safe passage for cyclist when it comes to streetcar tracks.
Why We Have What We Have:
Now you have to wonder why we have such screwed up infrastructure when it come to pedestrians and bicycles. So far my only finding in that regard is the city ordinance that you see below.
Sec. 19-66. Conformity with state manual.
All traffic-control signs, signals and devices installed or erected in
the city shall conform to the manual and specifications approved by the
state highways and public transportation commission. All signs and
signals required under this chapter shall so far as practicable be
uniform as to type and location throughout the city. All traffic-control
devices so erected and not inconsistent with the provisions of state
law or this chapter shall be official traffic-control devices.
State law reference— Similar provisions, Vernon's Ann. Civ. St. art. 6701d, § 31.
When I did a google search of
"state highways and public transportation commission," I came up links to TXDOT sites. Now there is an association I have heard called the American Association of State Highways and Transportation Officials (AASTHTO) which is a quasi government body that create the standards in which TXDOT and other DOT's go by. When I complained about the repainting of S Hackberry St, I was told that they went by these standards and was properly painted. This is my only conclusion to the reason why we have such lousy bicycle lanes, sidewalks and other bicycle/pedestrian infrastructure. It is because we are using standards that make highways, not friendly city streets. (Wikipedia Link)
There Are standards we can use to create the neighborhoods we want, but before we can actually impliment those standards, we're going to have to rewrite this law to use The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO). This is the site on where I got my examples pictures for my first blog,An Introduction and South Flores Success. NACTO is a coalition of 15 of the largest cities in the United States with one Affiliated member, Austin, TX. And naturally, San Antonio is not a member, Keep San Antonio Lame. (Wikipedia Link)
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Just think if we actually had the infrastructure that kept us safe, more people would be riding their bicycles and walking. And when more people ride their bicycles, it makes all of us safer. Just look at this chart (Image 5.9) from NYC, you can clearly see that in the city of New York that the number of cycling accidents were reduce while at the same time the number of cyclist actually increased. Other cities showed the same results from this LiveScience Article. There's no need for a helmet law, or other silly suggestion like "Share the Road." We've been trying these things for the better part of two decades and all they have solved was nothing. Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity. And that is what you'll continue to hear from city officials from the MPO, The City of San Antonio, and other Government agencies. It sounds nice, but if were asking people to share the road with motorcycles too, (Image 5.8) then we should know by know we're doing something wrong.
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There is some good news in this, The city of San Antonio don't have any mandatory helmet laws and we're ain't going to get any. After all, the mayor don't want to reduce the number of B-Cycle trips everyday.
PS
Also your probably asking why I misspelled the Word Street. Well, I didn't, I am simply using a term we need to start using in identifying the problem with our infrastructure, The "Stroad"
Images:
Image 5.1: KSAT 12 News story of Chase White Accident.
Image 5.2: KSAT 12 News Story of Jose Carlos Macy
Image 5.3: My map showing how Broadway is a funnel
Image 5.4: Google Street Image of Broadway North of Funston Pl.
Image 5.5: My picture of the Cycletrack on Guadalupe St in Austin, TX across the street from UT
Image 5.6: Google Street Image of W Commerse St pass Sabinas
Image 5.7: My picture of 2nd St at Red River of the two way cycletrack. Notice how the signal lights are the same for car and bicycles but when they want the bicycle to go they go green while the ones for the cars stay red.
Image 5.8: A sign I found on Google search for Watch for Motorcycles.
Image 5.9: A chart I found showing the number of cyclist out there compared to the number of accidents in NYC. Source: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNAZCSbIVZWBWkxBkciVkvxuUv8LRY9Lb2_fQMQQhU0m3nCjG1VdXFQrR1gG-T4Af7E4W4cpVDZwl-JDuY1OzFPKOlrKblhIJGaMKCcpxqoFRrNJyeFg01Y98wnY2S5k7L_JYhWkdmUqqk/s1600/ridership_graph.jpg
Up Coming Bicycle Events
Ride of SilenceWhen: Thursday, May 15, 2014 6:30pm
Where: Halcyon/BlueStar Art Complex Description: A Bicycle ride honoring those who lost their lives. Frankenbike #48
When: May 17, 2014 10am to 4pm
Where: Red-D Bikes~ 120 Playmoor Suite B ~ 78210
Description: FrankenBike (n) A free bike swap meet held once a month in San Antonio,
Texas that is open to anyone who wants to buy, sell or trade bicycles
and bicycle related gear or parts.
Bike Beat Festival
When: Sat, May 17, 3pm – 11pm
Where: Main Plaza, San Antonio, TX Description: The 2nd Annual BIKE|BEAT features bike demos, live music, roller races, food trucks, giveaways and much more!
Up Coming Important Meetings If you want to make a difference, please attend. Walk & Roll Night (BMAC & PMAC joint meeting)
Where: VIA Metro Centre, 1021 San Pedro Avenue, San Antonio, TX
When: Wed, May 14, 5:30pm – 8pm Description:
The MPO Bicycle Mobility Advisory Committee and the Pedistrain Mobility
Advisory Committee talking about the current projects related to
pedestriand bicycle related. What Should you Say? You should mention this blog, blogsanantonio.blogspot.com. Not much unless you have a minor problem in your neighborhood.
S. Flores Street Improvement Community Meeting
When: Monday May 19, 2014 6pm to 7pm
Where: Cafeteria of Morrill Elementary School, 5200 S. Flores, San Antonio, TX
Description: City of San Antonio’s TCI Department
will present the alternate bicycle route as a result of community
feedback from public meetings held in December, March and April.
What Should you Say? Let them know that they don't need to have alternative bicycle routes and infact that what they did was a pretty good job and the bicycle lane is making it safe for us. You can also hand out this flyer to all those who think getting rid of the bicycle lane is a good ideal. Contact Jeanette Morin at 207-5011 or
Jeanette.Morin@sanantonio.gov
VIA’s South/West Corridor Study Public Meeting When: Tuesday May 20, 2014 6:00PM Where: Harlandale Community Center, 301 Sussex, 78221
When: Thursday May 22, 2014 6:00PM Where: The Neighborhood Place 3014 Rivas St, 78228
When: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 3pm to 6pm Where: Madla Transit Center
When Wednesday, May 21, 2014 6AM To 9AM Where Crossroads Park & Ride
Description: VIA is conducting a study to identify transit improvements along the South/West Connector
Corridor in the San Antonio region. The corridor study area includes Military Drive from
IH-37 on the east to General McMullen on the west; and General McMullen and Zarzamora
from Military drive on the south to Fredericksburg Road on the north. More info can be found here: http://www.viainfo.net/Planning/Corridor.aspx
What Should You Say? You should ask for more frequency on the crosstown routes and bicycle racks called bicycle hoods at bus stops. Also ask that via look into creating bus islands so the bike lane can go around a busy stop.
Open House: Improvements to I-35 (I might be able to attend this meeting.)
Where:
Central Catholic High School Elizondo Center (corner of Wilmington
Avenue and Dallas Street) 1403 St. Mary’s St. San Antonio, TX 78215
When: Wednesday,May 21, 2014 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Description: TxDOT invites you to an open house on proposed improvements for
Interstate 35. The project staff will be on hand to answer questions and
provide information. No formal presentation will be given. Attendees
are invited to come and go at their convenience.
TxDOT proposes improving I-35 between North Flores and New Braunfels
Ave. and between AT&T Parkway and Binz-Engelman Road. The proposed
project includes auxiliary lanes, ramp adjustments and other
improvements to improve mobility and enhance the operation and safety of
I-35 in this area What Should you say? Ask for
Bicycle lanes along the the frontage roads or mix use sidewalks and make sure they use the
City of San Antonio Bicycle Master Plan when making improvements. Also ask for these types of intersections so they can become safer for all users. https://vimeo.com/86721046
Open House - Improvements to US 90 from Loop 1604 to I-410
Where: Mary Lou Fisher Elementary School Cafeteria, 3430 Barrel Pass, San Antonio, TX 78245
When: Tuesday, May 27, 2014, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Description: TxDOT invites you to an open house on proposed improvements for US 90
From Loop 1604 to I-410. The project staff will be on hand to answer
questions and provide information. No formal presentation will be given.
Attendees are invited to come and go at their convenience.
Proposed improvements along US 90 from LP 1604 to I-410 on the west side
of San Antonio are designed to improve operations and safety along this
section of US 90. The proposed improvements include:
Conversion of the two-way frontage roads to one-way operations
Relocation of entrance and exit ramps
Intersection improvements
What Should you say? Ask for bicycle lanes/Shoulder or a
mix use sidewalk along the proposed Frontage roads and Safe bicycle
lanes that stay to the right of the lane intersection. Also ask for these types of intersections so they can become safer for all users. https://vimeo.com/86721046
Upper Woodlawn Drainage Project Public Meeting
When: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 6:00 PM Where: Joe Ward Community Center 435 E. Sunshine, San Antonio, TX
What Should you Say?
Ask for a hike and bike trail along the drainage all the way too
Woodlawn lake as well as any increase size in the sidewalks that cross
over the drainage.... Contact: Peter Rodriguez at 207-8154
Skyplace Boulevard Extension Project Public Meeting
When: Thursday, May 15, 2014 6:00 PM Where: Northeast Service Center, 10303 Toolyard, 78233 What Should You Say?
Ask that the city makes sure that there is sufficient access to the
Salado Creek Trail and 6 ft bicycle lanes on each side of this street. Contact: David McBeth at 210-207-6342 or david.mcbeth@sanantonio.gov.
Bronco Lane Bridge Project Public Meeting When: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 6:30 PM Where: Virginia Gill Community Center, 7902 Westshire Drive, San Antonio, TX
What Should You Say? Ask that the Bridge has a minimum 6ft width sidewalks across with 25mph speed limits. No need for bicycle lanes. contact: Peter Rodriguez at 207-8154
Shaenfield Road Bridge Public Meeting
When: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 6:00 PM Where: Burke Elementary School Cafeteria, 10111 Terra Oak, San Antonio, TX
When: Tuesday, June 3, 2014 7:00PM Where: Burke Elementary School Cafeteria, 10111 Terra Oak, San Antonio, TX
What Should you Say?
Ask that the Bridge Contain 6ft bicycle lanes on either side with
extra stripping between the bicycle lane and the traffic as well as 6ft
sidewalks. Also ask them to remove the Turn Center lane and add that
space to the sides of the rd for bicycle lanes. Also Ask that they
abide by the Bicycle Master Plan as well. contact: Peter Rodriguez@ 207-8154 Frio City Sidewalks Public Meeting When: Thursday, May 29, 2014 6:00 PM Where: Collins Garden Branch Library 200 N. Park, San Antonio, TX
What Should you Say?
Ask that the Sidewalks are at least 6ft wide with neckdowns at every
intersection on the streets that connect with Frio City Rd. Demand that
a protected Bicycle lane is also added and that they abide by the
Bicycle Master Plan. If parking is added, demand that they put in the
parking as a barr.ier so that the bicycle lane is along the curb, and
the parking is a natural barrier to the bicycle and sidewalks. Also ask for these types intersections called "Protected Intersections" so they can become safer for all users. https://vimeo.com/86721046 contact: Peter Rodriguez at 207-8154
West Huisache Project Public Meeting When: Monday, June 02, 2014 6:00 PM Where: Young Women's Leadership Academy 2123 W. Huisache, San Antonio, TX
What Shold you Say?
This time, no bike lanes, this is a neighborhood street. It should
have neckdowns to keep traffic flowing slow with islands and speed
humps. It should also have 25MPH on this street. Putting a bicycle
lane down this street is just a waste of paint. Also ask for these types intersections called "Protected Intersections" so they can become safer for all users. https://vimeo.com/86721046 Contact: Peter Rodriguez@ 207-8154 or David Pulido @ 207-8128
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