Originally Posted by
Daniel4
Funny thing. I was at a community meeting ounce to see their plans for bike lanes and to meet various government personnel and the engineering firm designing the bike lanes.
At one time, I said to someone, is anybody from the design team going to test ride the entire bike lanes and work out the bugs?
A long time ago, in San Diego, there was a guy that acted as a cycling ambassador for, by the name of Gordy Shields... He often did test rides and voiced his opinion about routes, paths and plans in such a manner as to be the unofficial official.
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com...l03-story.html
https://ocbike.org/for-you/inspirati...shore-bikeway/
Former San Diego City Councilwoman Donna Frye said she got to know Mr. Shields through his calls and visits to her office to discuss cycling issues, particularly on how to get the road on Fiesta Island into cycling-worthy shape. She likened his passion to the artist who said, ‘I can’t not paint.’
“That was Gordy. He couldn’t not cycle,” said Frye. “You could certainly see his passion and dedication and commitment. He was a cyclist, and everything he did was focused on that.”
I attended some community meetings with Donna... she was a character in of herself...
Oh, bear in mind that Gordy was working for paths and lanes while John Forester, in the same area, was touting vehicular cycling... "interesting times" indeed.