Leucadia Blog: You totally can't cross the train tracks in Leucadia Bro

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

You totally can't cross the train tracks in Leucadia Bro

You can't do this. NO NO NO

San Clemente has two pedestrian only crossings.

READ the Encinitas Advocate story: Citations on rise for pedestrians crossing tracks illegally in Encinitas

*this post has been updated with photos on 5-19-15

6 comments:

AnonymousMay 12, 2015 4:47 PM
The second photo is from what city?
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AnonymousMay 12, 2015 9:17 PM
In an email exchange about the tracks that I had with Lisa Shaffer a couple years ago, she explained that "the Public Utilities Commission does not approve of 'at-grade' crossings because of safety and they also would require train horns to blow almost the entire way many times/day." I don't know how San Clemente got away with it... I suppose that the at-grade crossing near the San Clemente Pier station is grandfathered in.

Regardless, Encinitas should save every red cent they're paying those cops and put it toward trenching the tracks instead. Citing pedestrians that are patronizing our businesses and beaches is a travesty.
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AnonymousMay 13, 2015 9:12 AM
So dumb. Ticketing people who are safely crossing (looking both ways multiple times and not going when a train is in sight) should be left alone. I get ticketing people who aren't doing it safely. With such a high fine I'm sure it will still act as a deterrent, but at least it won't financially abuse residents who just want to grab a sandwich or a coffee.
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AnonymousMay 13, 2015 4:57 PM
The 2nd image is from a train platform, similair to the one in downtown Encinitas. At grade crossings are never going to happen in Leucadia....
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About Leucadia

Leucadia is a funky little beach community located in North San Diego county in southern California. Leucadia is the north section of the city of Encinitas.

English spiritualists settled the small coastal community of Leucadia in 1870, and are reputed to have danced, in diaphanous white robes in the little Roadside Park (Leucadia Blvd and Hwy 101).

The spiritualists are the reason so many of the streets are named after Greek gods and goddesses. Leucadia is Greek for "a sheltered place." Heritage Eucalyptus trees, planted in the 1880s, still grace the highway. When President Roosevelt passed through Leucadia in an open car during the Depression, local children climbed the Eucalyptus trees to wave to him.

Change happens slowly in this nostalgic little California beach town. In lieu of fast food restaurants and franchise chain stores, Leucadia has two miles of Mom 'n Pop businesses, and that's the way everyone likes it. The town war cry is "Keep Leucadia Funky."

Leucadia played an active role in the rebirth of the classic Highway 101 shield, restored in 1997, and was part of the successful 101 Campaign to have Highway 101 declared an historic route.

Leucadia is experiencing growing pains and culture clash in these first decades of the 21st century...

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