Originally Posted by
roadiejorge
I think these kinds of improvements will get even more people out riding because there is the added safety factor with the lights and the physical barriers between vehicular and bicycle traffic. I'm old school in the riding sense so when I do ride the main avenues I'm still filtering in between cars trying to keep pace but one of these days I'll give those lanes a try but just looks too slow for my liking.
They recently added a contra-flow bike lane here in DC that is protected by parked cars, and you are supposed to cross intersections with the pedestrian lights. But the timing on those lights is for cars, which makes it terrible for bikes...seems like I'm stopping at every intersection. Add in all the bike salmon and I find myself just going one block over and riding on a regular street. But it feels safer, and that gets more people on their bikes.