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No mention is made of the terrifying ear splitting packs of Motorcycles who ride there as well.
Mainly they are organizing against a proposed Mountain Bike trail in Huddurt County Park.
And I agree that out of town riders should not be parking their cars in the local school lot.
Ride your bike there, don't drive there and add to the all ready overloaded roads.
http://www.keepwoodsiderural.org/index.htm
[/QUOTE]Here is an overview of the topics that we have been discussing around town:
As individual members of the community, we would appreciate it if you would contribute to our better understanding, communicating and developing an appropriate strategy to address the four most significant issues that have surfaced in the Safety survey and the process of collecting approximately 480 signatures via petition. These issues include:
1: Woodside as a Destination Site: There has been substantial growth in the number of out of town bicyclists, including large packs and mountain bike riders using Woodside as a destination recreation/training site. Seventy percent of the people in town don't feel Woodside has the adequate infrastructure (including roads, sanitation, emergency services, and parking) to support Woodside acting as a destination site.
2: Safety Risk Zones: There are five key "safety risk zones" in the community where shared use by some, or all user groups, including pedestrians, hikers, bicyclists, equestrian and motorists is resulting in unsafe conditions. These areas include:
Canada Road: with bicyclists, motorists, large bike packs, pedestrian and equestrian use.
Mountain Home Road: with bicyclists, motorists, large bike packs, heavy construction traffic and equestrian use. Although the posted speed limit is 25 mph Mountain Home is used as a primary North-South artery with auto speeds consistently ranging from 35-45 mph.
Woodside Elementary Parking Lot: Being heavily used by out-of-town bicyclists and runners, families attending school based athletic activities including soccer, basketball, baseball and softball are often forced to park on the north side of Woodside road and cross during heavy weekend "transit to the ocean" traffic. More and more, people who live south of Woodside road in Silicon Valley are using highway 84 as their primary "transit to the ocean" route as opposed to highway 92.
Huddart Park: Many older and family community members no longer feel safe in Huddart Park because of large groups of runners and mountain bike riders periodically violating use of trails which currently do not permit mountain bike use.
Access Paths to Huddart Park: Although the proposed Huddart Park mountain bike trail will be on the south side of Kings Mountain road, which would provide meaningful separation from other park visitors, the access points to the park would have to be shared by bicyclists, equestrian and hikers. The access points include: Woodside Road from Woodside Elementary Parking lot, Kings Mountain Road, Tripp Road, Greer Road, Olive Hill and Albion. 77% of the community agrees that encouraging shared use in these areas will result in severe injuries and possible fatalities.
3: Large packs of bicyclists: Large packs of bicyclists are frightening to many community members and significant safety risks for motorists, individual bike riders and equestrian riders.
4: Hostility: There is an increasing, uncomfortable, level of hostility between bicyclists, motorists and equestrians using Woodside roads and. The safety risk of this issue is further compounded by the absence of a common set of safe practices and interactions for mixed use.
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Mainly they are organizing against a proposed Mountain Bike trail in Huddurt County Park.
And I agree that out of town riders should not be parking their cars in the local school lot.
Ride your bike there, don't drive there and add to the all ready overloaded roads.
http://www.keepwoodsiderural.org/index.htm
[/QUOTE]Here is an overview of the topics that we have been discussing around town:
As individual members of the community, we would appreciate it if you would contribute to our better understanding, communicating and developing an appropriate strategy to address the four most significant issues that have surfaced in the Safety survey and the process of collecting approximately 480 signatures via petition. These issues include:
1: Woodside as a Destination Site: There has been substantial growth in the number of out of town bicyclists, including large packs and mountain bike riders using Woodside as a destination recreation/training site. Seventy percent of the people in town don't feel Woodside has the adequate infrastructure (including roads, sanitation, emergency services, and parking) to support Woodside acting as a destination site.
2: Safety Risk Zones: There are five key "safety risk zones" in the community where shared use by some, or all user groups, including pedestrians, hikers, bicyclists, equestrian and motorists is resulting in unsafe conditions. These areas include:
Canada Road: with bicyclists, motorists, large bike packs, pedestrian and equestrian use.
Mountain Home Road: with bicyclists, motorists, large bike packs, heavy construction traffic and equestrian use. Although the posted speed limit is 25 mph Mountain Home is used as a primary North-South artery with auto speeds consistently ranging from 35-45 mph.
Woodside Elementary Parking Lot: Being heavily used by out-of-town bicyclists and runners, families attending school based athletic activities including soccer, basketball, baseball and softball are often forced to park on the north side of Woodside road and cross during heavy weekend "transit to the ocean" traffic. More and more, people who live south of Woodside road in Silicon Valley are using highway 84 as their primary "transit to the ocean" route as opposed to highway 92.
Huddart Park: Many older and family community members no longer feel safe in Huddart Park because of large groups of runners and mountain bike riders periodically violating use of trails which currently do not permit mountain bike use.
Access Paths to Huddart Park: Although the proposed Huddart Park mountain bike trail will be on the south side of Kings Mountain road, which would provide meaningful separation from other park visitors, the access points to the park would have to be shared by bicyclists, equestrian and hikers. The access points include: Woodside Road from Woodside Elementary Parking lot, Kings Mountain Road, Tripp Road, Greer Road, Olive Hill and Albion. 77% of the community agrees that encouraging shared use in these areas will result in severe injuries and possible fatalities.
3: Large packs of bicyclists: Large packs of bicyclists are frightening to many community members and significant safety risks for motorists, individual bike riders and equestrian riders.
4: Hostility: There is an increasing, uncomfortable, level of hostility between bicyclists, motorists and equestrians using Woodside roads and. The safety risk of this issue is further compounded by the absence of a common set of safe practices and interactions for mixed use.
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