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I doubt anyone is being cited for riding on the sidewalk... but perhaps the bigger issue is why the cyclist is not warned earlier, where there might be a convenient driveway for the cyclist to use to get to the sidewalk. I think that is perhaps the biggest issue... that there is no planning for bike traffic other than "good luck, your lane just ended."

I rode a high speed road daily that had similar trucks pulled off doing maint... the issue I had was that the motorists would arrive behind me in a platoon with the first cars seeing me and peeling off just fine, but the later traffic (following cars) would get closer and closer before they finally realized, hey there is a cyclist in the road in front of me. All it would have taken is one braindead cell phone staring driver and I wouldn't be here to discuss this.

If the warnings of pending blockage were earlier, and included a way to shunt the cyclist (even on to the sidewalk... for just a bit) I think this would be less of a problem. But as it is, these things "appear" some what suddenly to motorist... the cyclist actually has time to evaluate the situation at 8-20 MPH... not so the motorist, especially if hills or curves are part of the situation.

For me, I would always adjust my speed to try to be around the hazard before a platoon of motor vehicles came along... but uphill, moving at 8MPH, while motor traffic approached at 55+MPH, this wasn't always possible, and the result can be very disconcerting... (watching that last fast car finally peel away in your mirror)

In the video there is a discussion of an eight year old on a bike lane... and frankly I don't think eight year olds should be on such streets... narrow BL on such fast streets are just really not a good thing, for anyone...

Note in that video that the sidewalk was wider than the BL. I didn't notice a single ped during the entire video... something to think about.