Originally Posted by redden
Sounds like ur local.
It seems that the only thing this barrier will do is force bicyclists to straddle the traffic between the middle lane and the traffic on the right thats getting off the freeway. Some of the cars in the middle lane will want to turn right on Farralone for the library and some on the right will want to get left to turn on on Farralone for the Post office. Seems like a recipe for disaster. Since this barrier is only 2-3" high it will not stop cars from crossing. I can't think on any good use for this new type of barrier, unless your intent is to rid the city of cyclists. At least the poles are easy to see and even if drivers take them out they won't cause a cyclist to crash on a freeway offramp!
Shoup and Oxnard is the major intersection closest to home.
Just for non-local people, the offramp in question is just after Ventura Blvd goes under the Ventura Freeway about the same angle as when a rail road crosses from being on one side of the street to the other (staying parallel to the street before and after).
I go way back locally. This offramp has always had it's own lane coming off the freeway, but for years drivers would either stop at the bottom though there was no stop sign, creating a dangerous surprise for drivers behind them and/or try to merge left because they thought their lane was ending. It gets even nastier because of the 3 lanes on Ventura 1 turns left onto the freeway, one is left or straight and only one straight only. It has been that way for a while, but for the past few years a greater and greater percentage of cars are turning left. In effect the left two lanes are left turn lanes.
It is a potentially nasty section. There is no short distance reasonable detour. Depending on where you are going there may be alternate routes, but only if your destination is several miles distant. In the past Ave San Lous might have been a decent local alternate, but increasing traffic has made it far less desireable. For night riding I'm not at all sure of the street lighting on that route. (Plus some of the crossings it would require would be nasty in low light situations).