Hmmmmm.... sounds like an opportunity for a guerilla safety campaign of the day-glo yellow spray paint variety... Not that I would ever condone such a thing, or even offer to buy the first case of paint.
------------ Patrick Lenon > Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 18:35:29 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Bikies] Why No Yellow markings on water valve covers/manhole covers > in street bike paths? > > I reckon this is a question for Arthur Ross or a road engineer. > Due to my new job, I now bike commute west on o ike lanes (Old Middleton > and Old Sauk between Eau Claire and Excelsior Dr.) > Actually, it's quite nice with some very WIDE lanes at places (you could > drive a car through them!) > But what is most noticeable is the high numbers of water valve covers > and manhole covers in the bike lanes. > The biggest issue for me is that they ARE NOT marked and can be > difficult to see in the dappled shadows during the day > and the dimming light of morning or evening. Hitting them (especially on > the thrilling downhill plunge to Old Middleton at Owen Conservation park > and Crestwood school) can be quite jarring. > > One or two of the hundred or so are marked with yellow paint. > > Couldn't the city mark all of the valve/Manhole covers in bike lanes > with yellow paint? > If a vehicle were to hit an hole in the road and get jarred like this, > I'm guessing road crews would be out in a New York minute to > alert drivers of this (as in the 'Bump' signs you see on the highway.) > > thanks for listening > Mark Evans > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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