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.
Bike Lanes Ripped Out on Bastanchury
Placentia is sandwiched between Fullerton on the west and Yorba Linda on the east. Incorporated in 1926, it’s one of the older cities in the county.
Bastanchury Road is a traditional east-west link in North OC, included on the county’s Master Plan of Arterial Highways and on the Strategic Bikeways Master Plan. Through Placentia it existed essentially a collector street for traditional cul-de-sac’d residential developments typical of the 50s and 60s. As traffic exploded on Yorba Linda Blvd. to the south and Imperial Hwy to the north, Bastanchury has increasingly been used as an alternative by frustrated motorists, many of who use it and Kramer as an end-run from the 91 fwy to Cal State Fullerton.
Current traffic volume exceeds 22,000 vehicles per day (vpd). In 2009 the city began “improvments” to Bastanchury which will increase its car carrying capacity to over 37,000 vpd. To do this double left turn pockets have been installed at Kramer and Bastanchury, and the stop sign at McCormack was replaced by a traffic signal. Bike lanes were ripped up and through traffic diverted into the right hand lane, in conflict with bicycles.
OCBC has helped organize local cyclists to press for safer re-accommodation of bicycle traffic on Bastanchury and has made productive comments on the city’s upcoming General Plan revision which must include a Circulation element. We’re encouraging city planners and engineers to adopt Complete Street policies which will include bicycles in the traffic mix.
