Orange County’s most renown bicycle tourist, Rob Templin, inspires people to expand their horizons. We invite you be inspired, 6:PM, Thursday, Aug. 26, as Rob shares how anyone, young or old, can roll into their own personal adventure.
Maui tradewinds
Dazzling views, the sounds and smells of nature surround you as your bike rounds bend after bend along a country road. But choosing the right road, selecting the perfect daily destination is key to a memorable tour.
Planning your own trip or joining one of Rob’s Second Summer groups, we’ll share the delights which only travel by bicycle can reveal. Along the way he’ll share insights into the bicycle cultures of the countries he visits, where bicycles are a more accepted mode of travel.
The evening is FREE, but seating is limited, so please RSVP, 949 492 5737, or e-mail us.
http://tinyurl.com/sart2010 Video of problems on this vital bicycle transportation link: a car show staged on a weekend with pedestrians– and cars– blocking the trail. Bollards, limited openings of the route which by law must be available 24/7.
Last December, Council Member Nancy Gardner convened a Task Force on Cycling Safety. OCBC Director, Brian DeSousa spoke on behalf of safe and legal on-street accommodation of bicyclists, thousands of whom use Pacific Coast Highway every week. In March committee recommendations went to city council and we’re awaiting results.
Thanks, Daisy!
Meanwhile, major construction and repair by OC Sanitation District along Pacific Coast Highway will be diverting traffic for months. The site is along a particularly congested section known as “mariner’s mile,” where even without the construction all vehicles northbound from Dover merge from three lanes to two. When the barricades went up cyclists were forced into the already congested right hand lane.
OCBC Director, Michelle Kashima, contacted Sanitation District employee, Daisy Covarrubias, to inform the agency about the site design which put bicyclists at increased risk. Rather than excuse the layout as an unavoidable result of a needed project, Daisy worked with traffic engineers in Sanitation and the city of Newport Beach to give cyclists a few feet to ride. It took three design submittals to Caltrans– in charge of all work on state highways– to configure a usable bike lane.
“We know a lot of bicyclists use PCH and we’re concerned about their safety,” said Daisy. “The city of Newport Beach cared, too.”
For her perseverance on behalf of bike safety in Orange County, OCBC presented Daisy Covarrubias our Excellence Award.
