LA started installing plastic bollards on main boulevards like Venice, Olympic. I've had a few buddies injured, one severely, because the well-meaning bollards

LA started installing plastic bollards on main boulevards like Venice, Olympic. I've had a few buddies injured, one severely, because the well-meaning bollards interfered with organic cycling paths and led to collisions. An organic cycling path is one where either there's no formal cycling path or the painted path is not actually safe for cyclists. Often engineers who install these devices are not regularly cycling on the routes, or even cycling at all. They are not aware of the natural flow of cyclists and how they interact with vehicles. They see a deterministic cause and effect of road markings to road behavior. True road dynamics among cyclists & motorists are non-deterministic. Another terrible example was installation of bollards along popular "group" ride routes where hundreds of club cyclists ride before commute times (before dawn). Thankfully we worked with the city to have them removed, but it likely cost $500k+ for the installation & removal. My point is that often well meaning safeguards end up causing harm, and that policy makers don't actually use the systems they are managing.