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My city wants to support bikes but it is poorly executed. Ideally you have a street for cars and trucks, then outside the lanes you have parking for vehicles se
by 0des 5y ago
My city wants to support bikes but it is poorly executed. Ideally you have a street for cars and trucks, then outside the lanes you have parking for vehicles separating the traffic from the cyclists, and beyond that a sidewalk for pedestrians and wheelchairs.
What we have is a shoulder that is now painted and has plastic guards that separate the cars from bikes. What that results in is you now have a painted bike path inaccessible to the street sweep that accumulates glass and debris and is very slick during rain which is often. There is no signage except for the main path either. Everything remains a grassroots effort with citizens making signage and apps for maps.
- kiliantics 5y agoIt's as if the designers just went with the very first idea they had, without any reflection on its pros and cons. How does this kind of thing happen? How did they not do even the smallest bit of research into all the possible options and successful examples that are out there? It's so frustrating how short-sighted and incompetent these efforts tend to be.
- alamortsubite 5y agoI share your frustration but it's unfair to look at it this way. If you attend some city planning meetings you'll see how entrenched and irrational the opposition is to any cycling infrastructure that could be perceived as affecting car traffic or parking. It's like pulling teeth, and I agree it's a tricky compromise, but we should consider any ground gained a success.