Description

I use a long-tail e-bike to pick up my kids in Central Alameda each day. I use the Bay Trail from Bay Farm Island to get to the Bay Farm Island Bicycle Bridge. This requires crossing the recently installed speed hump at Veterans Court.

While it is possible to get my bike over the hump with kids on it, it is challenging to get a wide enough angle as to not bottom out and risk tipping the bike over. The past two days I've done it, there has been a pedestrian also using the path which prevented getting the wide angle I need to get across safely. The first time I attempted the hump, the bike bottomed out --causing me to hurt my foot and my kids almost fell off the back.

I’ve spoken with another person with a cargo bike who had a similar scary experience on the hump with their young child.

As a family, we are trying to replace driving as much as possible and the hump is a bit of a challenge in a city that is otherwise trying to make it easier to cycle instead of drive.

There are many options that can solve the problem of preventing cars from driving on the path without posing a danger to cyclists with cargo bikes and their families. Thank you for your help and attention to this safety issue.