Those are my thoughts exactly. Midvale is awesome without parked cars, but when they're there (especially when big trucks are parked) it's sometimes unsafe to stay in the "bike lane". The same is true for the Dayton St bike lane, but luckily traffic is slow in that area.
-Kristy On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 3:45 PM, burleigh chorus.net <[email protected]>wrote: > Yes, I noticed that this morning. And I have to say, I'm not thrilled about > it. > > That lane, with no cars parked in it, must be the widest bike lane in the > city. > > But that lane also servers as a parking lane. And when cars are parked > there, it is not all safe. You risk either getting doored on the right, or > getting buzzed on the left by motorists who don't know how to say in their > lanes. > > Does AASHTO have standards for bike lanes that double as parking lanes ? It > seems kludgy. > > Generally, there aren't too many parts of Midvale where people use the > street parking. But where they do, I usually use the next lane. Now I expect > to get yelled for not using the 'bike lane'. > > > On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Tom H. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Today, the city is erecting signs for the bike lane on S. Midvale Blvd. >> >> The construction work was completed last summer and the signs are posted >> today. >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bikies mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >> >> > > > -- > .......... > -darin > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > >
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