There were some pretty colorful metaphors in the public comment.
The most articulate called the bike lane paint jobs a “visual cacophony” capable of inducing “a dizzying type of vertigo.”
Another more imaginative voice decried the road lines as similar to her “personally taking all three of my daughters to a tattoo parlor and having them completely body tattooed.”
And like good public servants, the Coronado City Council listened and voted “to suspend all proposed bicycle striping and pavement markings and directed staff to place on a future agenda the Bicycle Master Plan as a high priority.”
Coronado Mayor Casey Tanaka endorsed the decision, saying the public should get what it wants so long as it is not “illegal or unethical.”
It seems as though the city wants nothing to do with bikes, as the council also approved a resolution “Authorizing the Establishment of New Fines for Vehicle Code and City Ordinance Infractions Committed by Bicyclists, in an Effort to Improve Compliance and Safety.”
If anything, residents are dizzy from swimming in that Coronado beach water…
More on Coronado’s rejection of bike lanes can be found here.
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