Aha, now I understand what you mean by "protected bike lanes" -- I rather think I'd agree with your preference if it was a matter of these or regular bike lanes, or bike boulevards, or for that matter, just streets with lanes wide enough for a cyclist to ride safely to the right of traffic, but without any striping or other provisions for cyclists exclusively.
I don't think we have such protected bike lanes here in our fair city, at least, I've not seen any. On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 4:18 AM, Marc Irwin <irwin7...@gmail.com> wrote: > I love bike lanes, but not "protected" bike lanes. The ones I've seen > attempt to separate traffic with plastic bollards, planters or curbs. In > most cases they provide no physical protection only a perceived sense of > protection which is false. Anything that obscures visibility (like > bollards or planters) is an obvious safety problem and the separation > itself creates additional intersection problems with each driveway. > Finally, they collect debris which city street cleaners cannot clean up and > who is going to clear them in winter? A painted bike lane, contiguous to > the existing road provides as much safety in reality without all the > problems. > > Marc. > > On Sunday, November 19, 2017 at 7:07:01 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> Good for Kalamazoo. >> >> You say you dislike bike lanes. I'm not disagreeing (yet, anyway) but I'm >> curious what problems you have in mind. I've used both here in ABQ, NM and >> can't say that I've found one worse or better than the other -- though >> there are certainly some bike lanes that are less than ideal, as when a >> narrow bike lane is adjacent to a multilane cross town blvd where cars go >> 50. Is this the sort of bike lane you have in mind? >> >> I would guess that bike lanes, or dedicated bike paths closed to auto >> traffic, but these would be hard to fund, are the only reasonably available >> bike routes when it comes to cross-town routes in relatively sparsely >> populated western cities? >> >> On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 7:03 AM, Marc Irwin <irwi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I thought I would share what is happening in our little neck of the >>> woods in SW Michigan. >>> <https://simplecycle-marc.blogspot.com/2017/11/its-like-bureaucratic-seas-parting.html> >>> >>> Marc >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >> Other professional writing services. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, New Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique >> ************************************************************ >> **************************** >> *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, New Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique ************************************************************************** ************** *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
