This is happening in large part due to a local pro snowboarders wife who was rundown while riding her bike on the shoulder and left clinging to life in critical condition last December. She was a Cardiff community planner, activist, and great surfer who ironically tried implementing better safety measures for cyclists on local roads before her accident. They filed a large lawsuit against the city of Encinitas citing insufficient safety lanes for cyclists and failure to improve traffic safety measures along 101 corridor.Encinitas has been sneaking in all sorts of quackery during the shutdown. Restriping lanes, eliminating parking, and bike lanes.
Coast highway between Cardiff and Seaside is one lane for cars, one shared car/bikes lane and one dedicated (curbed) bike lane on each side. For the math challenged, that equals bike can use 4 out of 6 lanes. The pro Lancers are upset because they like to ride in groups 10 feet wide and the curbed bike lane is in the way for them.