Originally Posted by
randya
There's a lot to be said for bicycle climbing lanes in the slower uphill direction and the deliberate lack of bicycle lanes in the faster downhill direction. A design that's not common but deserves to be applied more frequently.
I agree. But such designs are often opposed on the justifiable grounds that they invite wrong way downhill cycling in the one and only bike lane, despite signs and markings discouraging such behavior. That's one of the reasons I support a WOL (*) on the uphill side and a NOL (**) on the downhill side, perhaps with sharrows (***) in the center of the NOL and the margin of the WOL.
(*) WOL = Wide Outside Lane, more than 14 feet wide, preferably 15 or 16 feet.
(**) NOL = Narrow Outside Lane, typically 9-12 feet wide.
(***) sharrow = Shared Lane Marking - a painted/stenciled marking on the pavement that depicts a bicyclists and a chevron/arrow that suggests approximately where a cyclist should ride.