Originally Posted by
noisebeam
What I was getting at in posting photos of facilities is that it is always possible to post only the good or only the bad representation of facility. I think bringing attention to the bad (as the lead off article does) is far more important. This is because a bicycle route is only as good as its weakest points.
All to often, whether bike lane or bike path, the weak points get overlooked due to stretches of clean intersection free pavement in between them.
Al
I agree with you... which is why I keep whining to the local advocacy group about the facilities... Sure there is "some pavement" out there... but if there are "barriers to entry" such as dirt paths, curbs, stairs, and what have you... then it is a lousy network.
The same situation exists with just regular streets... (that the VC only crowd insists are "just fine"), in that if there are dangerous sweeping on ramps or off ramps for example, then the regular streets are NOT ideal for cyclists.