I was feeling a little punked, so I drove Tuesday. Yesterday was my regular Wednesday meeting up north after work so I drove. I was eager to ride yesterday...and I did, leaving a little late, but since it was after sunrise, temps were already in the 40Fs, which felt like the 60s. Took the main commuter (2015 CHarge Plug-non-electric). I pushed a little harder and it felt great.

Had I been on time I would have possibly been in a live news shot about the bridge construction two doors down from the office. The half of the bridge on "our" side has been mostly completed and the curb lane has been re-opened. Replacing the separate pedestrian bridge is a new incorporated sidewalk, and while that looks done, it is still cordoned off. As I rolled up to the intersection from the trail I could see our camera crew cater-corner from me. I navigated the lights to where they were and they said I didn't;t have to go out of my way to say hi, but I showed them that with the bridge construction, and the sidewalk still closed, crossing the three sides of the intersection and then crossing again in front of the building was the only safe alternative to the missing sidewalk. there is still some curb and sidewalk work between the bridge and our office, but I expect the sidewalk to open in the next week....I hope.

On the way home I was excited because even though the sidewalk was closed there was a mini bike lane painted on the street and bridge. However I have had to cross the bridge and then hook back right to enter the trail. While the curb lane was officially closed I could safety do this, But with the curb lane open and a new pedestrian island I had to now swing around into the on-ramp/frontage road which just re-opened, and cars tend to fly around the corner. I wasn't expecting that and was a little unnerved. When the sidewalk opens it will be perfectly safe again.

It was around 60 and clear with a noticable tailwind on the way home so I was a happy camper.

Then, last night I got an email from a police officer regarding the transient who has been repeatedly laying down in the blind chicane of an underpass on the trail to trail extension that was built just about two years ago.

Last week I had dramatic helmet-cam video of a scooter shooting out from under the bridge just as I approached it and then you see the lying man and his belongings blocking half the trail and it's obvious that had I been a few seconds earlier I would have been in the half of the lane where the scooter was speeding with little chance for him not to run into me or the man. I attached the video and a still frame to the city's online reporting app, plus a letter to the city council member for that district (which I did a year ago), the biggest bike advocacy club and the city manager.

Well this time I got personal responses from everyone except the city manager's office. I even got a personal responses from the city's online app since the person who fielded it was some one I had worked with years ago and have reconnected with on FaceBk, although I didn't know they worked for the city now.

So last night the police officer emailed me to let me know he has made the underpass part of his regular overnight patrol for now and has engaged the man twice this week, and that if it happens again he will arrest him. In fact his response seemed a little too enthusiastic...in fact he shared his personal cell with me in case I encountered the man "anywhere in the area". So I thanked him and explained that it is just this one location that is an issue and that all the other underpasses are wider with plenty of good sight-lines and I usually only report when there is a fire danger, debris blocking the trail or someone seems to be having a medical issue.