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Article #9Re: How long before somebody challenges Woodsides permit process?
From: SMS
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:13
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:13
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On 8/17/2011 8:55 PM, Mike Jacoubowsky wrote: > I just looked at the course for the Palo Alto Granfondo - > http://ridewithgps.com/routes/250566 and notice it's yet another ride > forced to descend Kings Mtn Road instead of the considerably-safer > (less-challenging) Highway 84. My assumption is that this is yet another > ride that the town of Woodside deemed unworthy of riding through town. > This has been going on for YEARS. We keep hearing noise from "people who > know such things" that what Woodside is doing isn't legal and wouldn't > hold up in court. But it's never been challenged, at least as far as I > know. It's not just people that "know such things" even Woodside's own attorney advised the Woodside town council that the permitting law for bicycle rides was unconstitutional. The city chose to keep the permit process in place until someone challenged it, knowing that they would probably lose if it was ever challenged. The problem is that there is no one willing to put up the money to challenge it. There is no equivalent of the Electronic Frontier Foundation for bicyclists.
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