Council votes against bike access tunnel project

BAKERSFIELD, CA - More than a dozen southwest Bakersfield residents packed the city council meeting on Feb. 11 to try and put the brakes on a proposed bike access tunnel project residents say could lead to increased crime in their neighborhood.      Councilmember Bob Smith originally proposed to pave the tunnel to improve access to the bike path from the Quailwood neighborhood in southwest Bakersfield.       But many people who live in that