Actually, as someone who lives in the area, is not deterred by E.wash but seldom uses those lanes, I think the lack of weekly destinations is the largest factor influencing my route choice.
I have noticed that the lanes do get used by people travelling from the Darbo Area into the Ella's-WalGreen's area to the west. Aside from some the new Mexican restaurant (El Pescacador?), Ella's and Walgreens, there are no compelling destinations in that area for me. I have not ridden it yet, but based on my knowledge of the design discussions, the biggest safety barrier is likely to be the hwy 30 interchange - which has two lanes of traffic crossing the lane and accelerating up to 50+ mph. For me, addressing that bottleneck would open up the areas to the east (willy bikes, chiropractic, vision clinic, etc.) to bike travel. >From a speed perspective, East wash could be an ideal travel corridor for people wanting to get downtown fast on a bicycle if that bottleneck could be addressed. I would even ride more to east town mall in that case! > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [Bikies] East Wash bike lanes > From: Mark Clear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, September 06, 2007 12:34 pm > To: [email protected] > > I'm also a fan of the E. Wash bike lanes. But at the risk of stating the > obvious, the proximity of the Isthmus Path probably contributes to their > relatively low usage. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
