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Having the lane go down the middle of the street seems like a bad idea. Where I live, the city is moving the bike lane to the inside, near the curb, and the par
by Finnucane 3y ago
Having the lane go down the middle of the street seems like a bad idea. Where I live, the city is moving the bike lane to the inside, near the curb, and the parked cars to the outside. It's not a perfect solution either but it does provide good separation from traffic without losing a lot of parking. And you're not having dodge so many open doors or cars trying to park.
But we still have some shopowners bitching. Which just means I can take my business elsewhere.
- jonahhorowitz 3y agoThe restaurants didn't want a "buffered bike lane" as you describe because they would lose the ability to put parklets (extra seating in a parking space) in parking spaces. I agree though, buffered bike lanes would be preferable to the current mess.
- Rebelgecko 3y agoMy city has recently moved to that style and I'm not a big fan. Maybe their implementation just sucked, but in practice having the bikelane closest to the sidewalk means that half of the bike lane is actually just the gutter, which is filled with broken glass, puddles, and various garbage. Because theres a solid wall of cars between you and traffic, cars making right turns don't always see you. There's also no way to pass other bikes or obstructions blocking the bike lane- you have to either hop on the sidewalk or squeeze through parked cars to merge with traffic going 40-50mph to get around