Hi All,
It's not the road engineer that needs to ride the bike lane, it's the
(non-engineer) planner who thinks that the bike lane is a good
thing(tm), and _requires_ that any design has a bike lane in it. The
same thing happened at with the City when the centre town traffic
calming measures were put into place - I remember watching a fellow
summer student draft up the Cartier Street mess - the engineers had no
choice but to put the measures into the final design, much to their
objections. (But I digress...)
I rode the Champlain bridge yesterday afternoon from Hull to Ottawa - I
didn't feel like holding the 50+ km/h that the traffic was rolling at,
so I opted for the bike lane. Two comments
* I should have rode in the correct lane (with the traffic). Even when
baked, I move quicker then most bike lane occupants (who swerve
unpredictably when they hear another cyclist)
* The Ottawa end is a real mess. The SAVs (suburban assault vehicles)
don't see a cyclist in the bike lane (or even in the traffic lane) when
they want to go right (west). And yes, the bike lane does end quickly
(!). A repaint of the lines would fix this. I'll keep riding in traffic
- I'd rather have someone cursing about the fact that they can't get to
the red light fast enough...
In the end, I'm glad that the mess is over - anywhere on the road is
safer then bumping down the sidewalk...
Cheers
Peter T.
David Bilenkey wrote:
>
> Sounds like they at least need to add a bit more paint and paint arrows
> indicating that the lanes are one way only. Although, I do agree that one
> wide lane is better than painting a bike lane.
>
> To the uninitiated, it all looks good on paper. How about we try and get the
> NCC road engineer folks to ride the damn thing! :-)
>
> David Bilenkey
>
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