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Bike lanes aren't great, nor are they a separate space -- they're in the street.

• quantum_magpie 8y ago
  Not proper ones. Real bike lanes in bike-able cities have a small curb separating them from the street and then another one to separate from the sidewalk.
  • edaemon 8y ago
    Agreed, and those are essentially what I'm advocating for, but the vast majority of bike lanes aren't like that. I live in Portland, the most bike-friendly city in the US, and we have very few of them. I would also say they aren't really bike "lanes" -- they're not a lane in the street. The Dutch call them "cycle tracks" which seems more fitting.
    • matthewmacleod 8y ago
      the most bike-friendly city in the US Okay, but… low bar and all that.
  • sparky_ 8y ago
    For Bay Area HN folks: check out what San Jose has done with the bike lanes downtown recently. Separation from traffic using a combo of parked cars and barriers.
    • daurnimator 8y ago
      I find that style much worse than the "on-road" style due to people crossing the bike-lake to their cars without looking. They also routinely fill up with rubbish if there is any construction going on, or any issues with garbage collection (often enough that once per trip you have to get off your bike, take it onto the road, past the obstruction, then back onto the bike lane).
  • imtringued 8y ago
    When a bike lane is separated from the street they are called bike paths. [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bike_path https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bike_path