Re: [Talk-us] United States Bicycle Route System ballots pending AASHTO approval

2020-04-09 Thread Harald Kliems
As Bradley pointed out, Google Street View and Microsoft Streetside both show a "no trespassing" sign. However, Street View imagery is from 2012; Streetside from 2014. So maybe access restrictions have changed since then. I'll check the Slack channel to see if anyone has local knowledge about this.

Re: [Talk-us] United States Bicycle Route System ballots pending AASHTO approval

2020-04-09 Thread Kerry Irons
Bradley, All I can say about Tong Rd. is that this is the recommended route from El Dorado County, and that RideWithGPS recognizes it as accessible. Not to say that RWGPS is infallible, but the fact that Strava heatmap shows regular usage is a strong indication that it is indeed open. I'm not

Re: [Talk-us] United States Bicycle Route System ballots pending AASHTO approval

2020-04-09 Thread Bradley White
Completed Placerville to Folsom - couple questions. Is the suggested segment along Tong Road accessible to the public? It's a recommended "neighborhood connector" according to the Western El Dorado County Bike Map and appears to see decent traffic according to Strava heatmap, but the parcel map fo

Re: [Talk-us] United States Bicycle Route System ballots pending AASHTO approval

2020-04-09 Thread Kerry Irons
Bradley, The direction at the US 50 crossing is what RideWithGPS created and clearly it is wrong. It should describe a left turn ONTO Sierra Blanca Rd. and there should be no reference to Pondarado Rd. The decision to cross US 50 at this point was made by El Dorado County. Thanks for catching

Re: [Talk-us] United States Bicycle Route System ballots pending AASHTO approval

2020-04-09 Thread Bradley White
>If you are in California (or even if not!) and want to enter USBR 50, helping >to build Earth's largest official cycling route network, check out our wiki, >follow the links to the turn-by-turn and map data and have fun! Just finished adding the route from SLT to Placerville, plan to continue w