This project was a marking "retrofit" after the street was resurfaced. There are two 10-foot car lanes and a 12-foot bike/parking lane. Ideally 13 feet would have been better. The car lanes were narrowed from 11 feet in order to get bike accommodations. Hopefully the narrower lanes will slow down the cars. Studies show that a one-foot narrower lane slows down cars from 0 to 3 mph.
Yes 13 feet would have been better. That is what WisDOT considers desirable. The AASHTO minimum is 11 feet. The marking could have been a little more precise so that there would have been no pavement marking within the 12 feet bike/parking lane. The 4-inch wide pavement marking should have been entirely in the motor vehicle lane. It all happened with staff, BPW and council support in spite of bikies "favorite" alderoid who spoke at length against encouraging bikes on Midvale. It passed with only one "no" from her. I am very encouraged with the council's positive resolve on bike issues. Mike Rewey ******************* On 30 Jun 2010 at 17:01, KMSH wrote: 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 _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
