Fernleaf Sign to Come Down

The City has no authority to restrict bicycles on the roadway.

The Fernleaf “No Bicycles On Street” sign will come down.

Sometimes it’s a surprise, like last week’s post where I poked fun at the sign on Fernleaf Avenue in CdM; it received quite a few comments.

My weekly Cycling Safety post on coronadelmartoday brought out an anti-cyclist sentiment from some: “all this bike activist nonsense is getting annoying;” others were quick to see the prejudice.

Doubtless the final word on the subject, BikingBrian writes of the specific legal aspects; it all boils down to this:

“Section 21100 expressly authorizes local authorities to regulate the use of bicycles on public sidewalks”

But that’s as far as it goes, just sidewalks. Cities cannot regulate bicycles off the roadways and apparently, as coronadelmartoday just announced, the sign will come down!

Wade into the subject yourself: on bikeNewportBeach.org, on coronadelmartoday and here at cdmCyclist.