New option for Solano, Contra Costa commuters walking or biking...

For Mick Weninger of Vallejo, commuting to work involves leg power rather than horse power, and the new Benicia-Martinez Bridge Pedestrian Path will give him one more option for cycling to work.

[tramky]

This is great! Kudos to CalTrans for getting this done.

[hmm]

kudos to caltrans for making us all pay for this for the 20 or so bike riders.

[too funny]

hmm wrote:

kudos to caltrans for making us all pay for this for the 20 or so bike riders.

Kudos to you for this quote...too funny...a nice bike path that takes you from one refinery to the next. Can't wait to get out and take a deep breath of that fresh sulfurous air.

[Independent Voter]

hmm wrote:

kudos to caltrans for making us all pay for this for the 20 or so bike riders.

Could have made it a shoulder extension for the purpose of dust and debris collection. Then Caltrans could hire a busload of people at $35 per hour to clean the dust and debris up. I guess your right, our money would be much better spent that way, job creation, maybe we can get our hands on some more of that Obama funny money to pay for them.

[Real Talk]

Now, If BENICIA was actually thinking, they would realize that opening a path from Hillcrest, would open the Bridge to 90% of people, that wont ride the extra 4ish miles up/down hills.

[asdf]

let's charge the pedestrians and bicyclists toll money to get the state out of debt!

[Real Talk]

The BPD has been utilizing it's motorcycles to patrol the addition, since well before it was even opened.
So we now have a viable reason for the motorcycles, they can patrol the bridge - making sure that no motorized vehicles are using the new pathway - EXCEPT THE BPD!!!!!

They can also hide, and write "no headlight" tickets to out of towners, as they enter the city limits.(since Benicia is the only city that enforces that law -(((ever see a headlight on a bike in Davis????))))

[too sad]

Real Talk wrote:

They can also hide, and write "no headlight" tickets to out of towners, as they enter the city limits.(since Benicia is the only city that enforces that law -(((ever see a headlight on a bike in Davis????))))

Very good to know. I never heard of the benicia headlight law.

[Carlitos Way]

Bike lanes are the current trend. They make the enviro-nazi's happy.