Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
McGarvey in Redwood City as a bike route that runs between Farm Hill Blvd
and Alameda. It's one of the few striped bike lanes in Redwood City, and,
while it allows car parking within it (on both sides of the road), it's
better than nothing and does give cars the idea that there might be bikes on
the road.

These street markings are not "bike lanes".
They are only fog lines that resemble the
inside line of a bike lane. Redwood City
does have marked bike lanes, but most of them
are sub-standard: too narrow and in the "door
zone" of parked cars.

One minor improvement was made to the repaved
section of Alameda de las Pulgas in Redwood City
between Jefferson Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue,
where the traffic lanes and the center left turn
lane were narrowed slightly to widen the bike lane.
However, the bike lane is still largely in the door
zone.

Has anybody else had to deal with anything this hostile, placed directly
into a bike route? Any ideas how best to get it removed? I can't believe
there haven't been serious injuries due to this sort of thing.

Yes, the San Mateo County Committee of the SVBC,
formerly known as the Peninsula Bicycle and
Pedestrian Coalition, has dealt with obstructions
in the road where bicyclists ride with limited
success. The county placed some posts on the
fog line of Alameda de las Pulgas at Camino a los
Cerros to prevent motorists from turning right at
high speed past the blind driveway of the corner
resident. After much negotiation, involving the
intercession of a County Supervisor, the posts
were removed and a raised curb was located to the
right of the usual path of bicyclists with a
forest of reflective signs within the curbed area
to warn cyclists to bear left.

We have not had any success getting Caltrans to
remove the posts on Skyline Boulevard (CA-35) at
Westmoor Avenue (not sure if this is the right
intersection) in Daly City.