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City of Vista, near San Diego is removing protected bike lanes after community pushback
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this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2025
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Just for clarity, the city is removing the bollards that were just installed, not the actual bike lane. When you watch the video, you can hear at least some of the feedback they were given.
One of them is from a cyclist, and I kind of understand their perspective. They claim that the bollards present an opportunity for cyclists to get injured, either catching their handlebars or hitting, but I'll be honest, it seems a hell of a lot safer than having those multi-lanes of high-speed traffic right beside you.
When plastic bollards act as a deterrent for motorists who think they can encroach into a bike lane, I think anything is better than nothing.
I think the worst part about this is that they're willing to basically not even give them a chance. They're tearing them down before they've even completed construction, which tells me that there could be a bit of "change is bad" mentality going on without even trying.
They're giving in to road-raging SUV-driving MAGAdiots, which are abundant in Vista and most of north SD County.
It's a fucking 3 minute video, how about you watch it before you get on your high horse? Cyclist don't like it because vertical obstructions can affect them and it does nothing to stop car influence
I watched it. I agree. It's conservative idiots. The reasons the single cyclist who actually gets to say anything gives are ridiculous. Cyclists routinely avoid all sorts of obstructions without issue. It's not hard to not catch your handlebars on a bollard in a 4 foot wide bike lane. And while the bollards wouldn't stop a driver intent on murdering a cyclist, they will do a lot to keep drivers more alert of where their space ends and the cyclists' begins, stopping them from absentmindedly drifting into the bike lane.
Of course, there's a lot to criticize about the bike lanes. But the only real explaination for so much public outcry isn't legitimate concerns about safety, but culture war bullshit.
For any bike lane project, no matter how well designed, there will always be that one vehicular cyclist type spouting a lot of nonsense. Of course the TV news features that one person, not the professional transport planners nor the multitudes of cyclists in support of the project. Not every news story needs to have two sides.
(Also, the bike lane is wider than 4'.)
Ok, nice way to ignore all of your original comment. What does any of this have to do with crazy SUV drivers? The bike lanes are still there. The separation is still there. There's no pushback on that. You're just being angry for the sake of being angry and that helps nothing. As far as the information presented, it's just cyclists pushing for adjustment