Re: [RBW] Here is an infrastructure proposal so crazy it just might work!

Agree. Lanes applied without circumstantial aforethought become kill zones. Here is a local marked lane on a boulevard with parallel parking: Perhaps a bad bike lane location

Re: [RBW] Here is an infrastructure proposal so crazy it just might work!

They've been creating a lot of bike lanes around where we live in Fremont, CA. All over the bay area they've been painting them green to increase awareness. That's been really nice. They have also put in protected areas in places with high congestion. I like them. Traffic keeps getting wors

Re: [RBW] Here is an infrastructure proposal so crazy it just might work!

I agree with you, except for bike lanes and dooring; striping along the rightmost part of a lane does at least remind motorists that cyclists are, or may be, about. I don't see how cyclists can be doored, unless you are talking about bike lanes to the *left* of parking lanes, which I would wholehea

Re: [RBW] Here is an infrastructure proposal so crazy it just might work!

Aha, now I understand what you mean by "protected bike lanes" -- I rather think I'd agree with your preference if it was a matter of these or regular bike lanes, or bike boulevards, or for that matter, just streets with lanes wide enough for a cyclist to ride safely to the right of traffic, but wit

Re: [RBW] Here is an infrastructure proposal so crazy it just might work!

I purposefully do not live in areas that have this problem with "plowing" roads. My town has a pretty similar Bicycling Master plan and solicits federal money for improvements wherever they can. https://austintexas.gov/page/austin-bicycle-master-plan The "Complete Streets" model is also official

Re: [RBW] Here is an infrastructure proposal so crazy it just might work!

I find that bike lanes put one in prime dooring and detritus territory. I also wonder if cyclists will be mandated off the roads once bike infrastructure is in place. I find that in my neck of the woods, cycling in the roads with cars is the most fluid way to move about, except for rail trails

Re: [RBW] Here is an infrastructure proposal so crazy it just might work!

I love bike lanes, but not "protected" bike lanes. The ones I've seen attempt to separate traffic with plastic bollards, planters or curbs. In most cases they provide no physical protection only a perceived sense of protection which is false. Anything that obscures visibility (like bollards

Re: [RBW] Here is an infrastructure proposal so crazy it just might work!

Awaiting that very reality when the precipitation starts to stick here. Our mayor has undertaken a pretty aggressive pro-bike position to the ire of many carbound constituents (and commuters from elsewhere). Many changes put in place since last winter. I worry about both integrity of lane iden

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What I want to know is: Who will plow the lanes in winter? > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.

Re: [RBW] Here is an infrastructure proposal so crazy it just might work!

Good for Kalamazoo. You say you dislike bike lanes. I'm not disagreeing (yet, anyway) but I'm curious what problems you have in mind. I've used both here in ABQ, NM and can't say that I've found one worse or better than the other -- though there are certainly some bike lanes that are less than ide

[RBW] Here is an infrastructure proposal so crazy it just might work!

I thought I would share what is happening in our little neck of the woods in SW Michigan. Marc -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsu