The coast news, june 16, 2017

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JUNE 16, 2017

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Traffic Commission . on takes bicycle safety THE

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By Aaron Burgin

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ENCINITAS — It has been nearly NEWS a year since an unidentified motorist struck John Abate from behind on his bicycle on Leucadia Boulevard and nearly ended his life. Since his near-fatal experience, the city has taken steps to improve cyclist safety along the street by painting a protected bicycle RANCHO lane along a 1.8-mile stretch of the SFNEWS road between Quail Gardens Drive and El Camino Real. On June 12, Abate stood A participant in Sunday’s Camp Pendleton Mud Run crawls through the final mud pit as she approaches the finish line. More photos on Page A22. before the Encinitas Traffic Photo by Pat Cubel and Public Safety Commission, which was poised to take another action to improve cyclist safety along that stretch of road — the installation of rumble strips in the 2-foot buffer area between the bike lane and the By Aaron Burgin it to see how it works and automatically. Once it is roadway. A new “employee” wanting to know how it gets out, the robot rolls to the “What has already ocroaming the halls of the new to the rooms,” said Cam- room and sends a call to the curred is a step in the right Fairfield Inn and Suites in eron Lamming, co-owner guest’s hotel phone alerting direction,” Abate said. San Marcos is getting a lot of RAR Hospitality, which them of the robot’s arrival. Regarding rumble strips, of attention — for better or owns and operates the ho- Once the item has been deAbate opined that the hitfor worse. tel. “There are often two or livered, Hubert returns to and-run driver might not “Hubert” is a 2-foot- three kids filming it with the front desk. have hit him had the driver tall, stainless steel “re- their cell phones and fol“It’s efficient, it’s quick rolled on the strip, a series lay robot” that looks like lowing it around.” and spares the front desk a of small divot lines in the a trash receptacle, but it Hubert is guided lot of time delivering sunroad that alert motorists to actually delivers items to through the hotel by a se- dries to the room and alpull back into the driving guests’ rooms such as sham- ries of sensors throughout lows them to focus on arrivlane. poo, drinks and towels. the establishment. When ing and departing guests,” “If he or she had have Hotel owners say that the front desk gets a call, Lamming said. drifted into the lane and the bot has stolen the show they log the request into Lamming said the roheard the strips, maybe I at the hotel, as guests can the system, grab the item, bot is part of the company’s be frequently seen snap- put it into Hubert’s “head” strategy to introduce auto- “Hubert” delivers items to rooms at a San Marcos hotel. Courtesy photo would have had a different outcome,” Abate said. ping pictures or taking cell- compartment and program mation into the hospitality The Traffic and Public our hotels,” Lamming said. phone videos of Hubert on the room number into its industry, which has been establishments. Safety Commission unani“Our intent is not to change “Part of our core phiits delivery runs. slower to embrace the trend system. “It has been phenomThe robot then rolls to compared to other branch- losophy is to try to do things any of our operating struc- mously approved the instalenal, people are following the elevator and can call es of the industry, such as differently to create a difTURN TO ROBOT ON A20 TURN TO BICYCLE ON A6 it around, they are using the elevator and the floor restaurants and fast-food ferent experience at each of

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