There are at least 24 potential points of contact between vehicles and bikes in this westbound lane on the north side of Modoc Road ending with a cyclist having to cross two lanes of vehicle traffic to make a left turn onto the Obern Trail…WHICH IS THE REASON THEY WROTE THE $5.35MM GRANT IN THE FIRST PLACE!!! BTW, this has turned into a $10MM project…over $2000/ft…

Here is a blog post with a short VIDEO CLIP explaining the issue...
 
Additionally, many larger service vehicles use these same 24 access points…plus, they also park in the westbound Class II bike lane to service residents who are immediately on the north side of Modoc Road…these service vehicles include weekly trash, green waste, & recycling Marborg trucks, daily USPS mail vehicles, UPS, Fedex, Amazon, Cox Cable, SCE electrical maintenance, potable water delivery…etc… 

Again, this is in addition to eliminating the inherent danger for cyclists of the left hand turn from the westbound Class II bike lane across eastbound Modoc Road traffic onto the Obern Trail Class I bike path…as well as failure to yield from motorists also going westbound and cyclists who fail to properly signal before initiating their left hand turns.
 
The main intent of the ATP grant was to REPLACE the westbound Class II bike lane on the north side of Modoc Road and upgrade it with a Class I MUP separated from traffic on the south side of Modoc Road.
 
NOT REPLACING THE WESTBOUND BIKE LANE  WOULD BE GROSSLY NEGLIGENT!!!