Sad news...

[tomgrrrl]

Here's a link to the elementary school where she taught and the website they put up with her photo and information http://www.oakknollschool.com/Mazzei/Mazzei.html

....apparently, according to something else I read, CALTRANS (the state Highway agency responsible for this section of road) had recently (within the past couple of years) reconfigured the bike lane....here's what someone else wrote about it:

"I shuddered when I read about Rose Mazzezi's death this past
weekend. This is the very spot where a friend of mine, Larry Witham,
had a serious accident on his bike that landed him in the hospital
and physical therapy for months. Larry was riding in the same place
Rose was, and the driver changed lanes and hit Larry from behind.
The driver has no insurance, and was cited for "unsafe lane
change" -- Larry could've died.

Larry is convinced that part of the problem has to do with the
recent lane reconfiguration that Caltrans implemented; he'd like to
see it changed to its former state. He's been working with his
lawyer, etc but not getting ver far. Larry's since moved out of the
area but wants to connect with this group to find out more from
local riders, and try to lobby to get changes made to that
particular interchange."

Perhaps a fitting legacy to this young woman would be for those of us in the Bay Area to lobby CALTRANS to fix this hazard!!