It looks like a bike lane, but more than 80% of the space would have a cyclist riding in the door zone. Clearly the City wouldn't do anything like that - not being as Bike-Friendly as it is; so I decided that the dashed lines all the way down the street were actually the markings for a gas line or water pipe. Though it would be nice to imagine that this was the markings for the center of a series of sharrows, because it IS in a pretty darn safe spot.
Let's take a look...
See that funny little symbol in the middle? The one that looks like a bicycle?
Could this be a bike lane that encourages cyclists to ride in the door zone? Nah.
It's probably just the markings of a sewer pipe. Right?
That little spray paint marking that says "STOP", just before the intersection limit-line must be where the gas line stops. I know the City wouldn't allow a bike lane to be this much in the door zone.
5 comments:
Dude, shup up about the door zones.
I understand your frustration but in my world, any bike lane is better than none at all. I'm happy that the City is spending a little money and attempting to integrate cyclists.
in case you missed it: http://tr.youtube.com/watch?v=jfeXrwB8g50
I saw these last Friday and have been using them as bike lanes ever since (whether they are or not). Fingers are hesitantly crossed...
They are bike lanes. Bot for the 40 or so bikes that go past my house a day. They should have made them 400 slanted parking spots on 1st, and 2nd streets for the 200 or so people that can't find a parking space each night after 6:00pm. Not wasted on a bike lane. I ride my bike everyday down these streets and saw no reason to have a bike lane.
I saw these bike lanes and they look complete and make that street much nicer looking then it used to look.
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