bay area cycling news

An article in the Half Moon Bay Review reminds us all of the impact lots of cycling events can have on a small, rural town. Echoing the complaints of others, PMAC member Rob Skinner stated that Pescadero had little to gain from hosting bike events. At best, cyclists would buy a bite to eat on their way through, Skinner said. At worst, they could be involved in collisions and tie up roads for hours. ... That happened last month when a representative from the Canary Century bike event presented a ride set for Memorial Day weekend to help benefit Stanford Medical Center. PMAC members were irritated by the proposal because it was scheduled for one of the busiest tourist days for the town, and the event had already been forwarded to the county for approval before anyone on the South Coast could provide input. Read more at the HMBReview website .

A few news outlets are reporting that an official bike lane is now being considered for the section of Alpine Road that meets highway 280, where veteran cyclist Lauren Ward was killed last November. The hundreds of westbound bicycles that traverse the Alpine Road intersection every day have been making do without a bike lane. That would change with the implementation of any of four proposed designs now being looked at by the San Mateo County Public Works Department and the California Transportation Department. The four design proposals are detailed on SVBC's website , and you can read more at the Palo Alto Online .