Council approves lowering speed limit for Coast Highway north of Cardiff Kook
Cyclists who park their unlocked e-bikes outside the city’s Target and Walmart stores while they dash in to make a purchase may find their expensive bikes gone when they come back out.
In the past year, 49 e-bikes have been stolen — 10 in the month of July alone. Many of these theft incidents have occurred in the city’s Target and Walmart shopping centers, rather than from people’s garages, Lawrence said. He added that the majority of the thefts could have been prevented if people would take one simple precaution — lock their bikes. Twenty-eight of the 49 stolen bikes were unlocked.
On a positive note, Lawrence said, a newly launched program that rewards youth bicyclists who are following the city’s bike regulations, including wearing their helmets and obeying stop signs, has proven to be very popular. Deputies who spot good cycling behavior have handed out 110 free Slurpee certificates so far to young riders through partnership with 7-11, he said. Mayor Tony Kranz then joked that the deputies also ought to reward older riders like himself, prompting audience laughter.
Jill Bankston, the city’s engineering department director, told the council that the city is limited by state law when it comes to lowering roadway speed limits. If the city doesn’t follow state rules, any speeding tickets deputies give out wouldn’t be valid. The state uses an 85th-percentile standard — 85 out of 100 drivers must already be doing the proposed speed limit and this must be verified by a traffic study.
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