Editordude: Rag writer Paul Krueger had a Letter to the Editor published in Sunday’s U-T, April 18. He was responding to the article, “Layoffs, deep cuts proposed to close $146M gap” from April 15.
By Paul Krueger
After ignoring criticism for years, Mayor Gloria has finally acknowledged the overwhelming lack of public support for bike lanes.
His decision to eliminate his bike lane team is a welcome reversal of a policy that deprived neighborhoods of much-needed parking and hurt struggling small businesses.
And to what end?
From City Heights to Clairemont, and Talmadge to Kearny Mesa, residents go weeks without seeing a single cyclist on those bike paths.
And the placement of some lanes was incomprehensible. The 30th Street lanes could have easily been moved a few blocks west, with much less disruption of traffic and parking. Same for the Convoy Street lanes.
Both were vehemently opposed by business owners and residents. But the mayor dismissed those valid community concerns.
It’s unfortunate that it took a budget crisis to force the mayor’s hand, but many of us welcome the result.
Paul Krueger is a writer for the Rag and a resident of Talmadge.
Thx for posting my letter, “editor-dude”!
Bike lanes are clearly a hot issue… I’ve gotten more than 13,000 views of my letter on X, Facebook, and Nextdoor, and dozens of comments, all but one or two critical of the current bike lane system.
Nice that we’re having this conversation, and hopeful that our elected and appointed officials throughout the county are paying attention.
The bike lanes are ill maintained with broken delineators, weeds & trash plus ghost riders.
I am guessing the bike team staff will find homes in other city departments ?
Moving ADA parking spots says it all about this mayor.