Dear Editor,

You would think that after multiple emails to both the Atascadero Police Department and the City Manager about illegal parking in bike lanes, there would be some action. Still, every day, my wife and I have to dodge speeding cars on Traffic Way just so some business that has a history of clogging city roads with overfill from its lot can park on designated bike lanes. These are not shared . They are designated . However, I suspect the city will acquiesce to business over citizen safety.

As they have in other times, for instance allowing people to park on corners, despite creating traffic safety conditions, it also reminds me of the hideous treatment of our beautiful walking path on Traffic , or at least it was before I asked it be spared poisoning, but APW poisoned everything and instead of repairing rustic fence they torn it down, it’s now so ugly and ill maintained I prefer biking, which leads me full circle. Maybe, just maybe, the city should sprinkle a little law-abiding in its schedule and clean those damned bike lanes. I bet you the paint over bike lane signs, that’s how they do things.  Concerned citizen.

Rick Vagnini, Atascadero