By Alan Toy Santa Monica City’s bite is worse than its bark Editor:
Booth Vance (“The path to safety seems clear,” page 4, June 27) doesn’t offer any solutions to the dangers on the beach bike path that he describes in his letter. But as I have written before, the solution is in creating a separate, but equal path for “everyone” else, whose safety is also at risk. Why the planners didn’t think to do this in the first place is beyond me. But there is no question that creating an area for walkers, joggers, kids, strollers, skateboarders, wheelchair users and others who move at a slower pace than a biker in cruise mode is a necessary and appropriate expenditure of public funds.
At the same time, overdue repairs of the existing path would be appreciated by the bike users.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 29, 2007. Read the original PDF.