One more lane bro

And their landscapers NEED to park in front of their house for that immaculate front lawn. They are incapable of parking in driveways or side streets, apparently. They NEED to block a travel lane with their massive trailer.

Yea I think they realize that whining about parking in a lawn sign is a bad look, hence the “unsafe” pivot. The road is mostly residential with long driveways.

The current situation is unsafe. Cars & trucks parked on a road with no painted shoulder. The main thing we’re asking for is a parking prohibition.

This is mostly unprotected in front of residences. They’re fighting this much over a line of paint I’m trying to imagine how much they would fight over digging stuff up. We have big trees in our berms which complicate things. Old streets.

They say it would encourage people to bike on an unsafe road. They say the road is fundamentally dangerous to bike on. I believe that the bike lane will make it a safer road that is home to our only High School, leading to safety for pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers. People bike on it today.

When you park on Parker your vehicle intrudes into the lane. If it’s a larger vehicle, cars have to go into oncoming traffic to go around you. If cars are parked on both sides, all bets are off. Right now there is a new house being built, and the workers park on side streets just fine.

They actually claimed that safety measures like bollards & flex posts are ugly and would ruin the curb-appeal of the neighborhood. They claimed it was a sign of “Urbanization”

when they speak in public meetings it’s usually about parking. Engineers did a parking study and found most parking rarely used, since the road is too narrow for it. I never park on it. Folks don’t want to have to park on the side street. every property has a driveway.

The Ave currently has no painted shoulder and has a wide travel lane, encouraging speeding. It allows parking although it’s not safe. They claim the speeding makes the proposed bike lane too dangerous, without accounting for the traffic calming of the bike lane. Kids ride on it today to go to HS.

In our WhatsApp community I created a bike bus cycling group, maybe we can get some grown-ups together for some group rides when the weather is better.

I’m hoping we can make this a regular ride to south mountain. Maybe not over the winter (unless others want to lead as I’m out snowboarding with my son) but definitely in the spring. It’s not too short and not too long for the kids.

You bag them? Or leave them on the berm?