I don't mind an MUP which is either lightly used or provides a decent alternative, such as an adjacent Class II bike lane. For those familiar with north coastal San Diego County, we just lost the finest local Class II, on the stretch of Coast Highway 101 connecting Cardiff-by-the-Sea (southwesternmost portion of the city of Encinitas) and Solana Beach. In its finite wisdom, the Encinitas city council replaced the Class II with a heavily used MUP bordered by asphalt curbs. Now cyclists have the choice of claiming a 45mph travel lane or dodging joggers, surfboards, contraflow recreational cyclists, kids, dogs, etc. in the new facility. This is not a problem for the casual family outing, the pedestrians, or the club peletons, but it is sheer hell for us solo cyclists, including commuters, shoppers, and others who ride a bike to go somewhere, instead of going somewhere to ride a bike. This thing is wretched, and in its first week of operation has already claimed one victim, who took a nasty spill on a "where did that come from" asphalt berm. Northbound, it terminates in the left side of a right turn only lane, instead of the right side of a through lane.
Here is the northbound movie. Southbound (oceanfront) is worse in some ways, because of the crowds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgCl...ature=youtu.be
It begins deceptively in Solana Beach with the Class II on a fairly fast descent, but keep watching for the not-so-fun part. My friend, Karl, took the temporarily closed segment of the
#2 lane, but decided to stay there for safety, with the heavily used right turn coming up. Note the road worker motioning him to switch back over to the bike lane.