Originally Posted by
CrankyOne
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As to practical alternatives to the door zone, the easiest is usually to simply swap the door zone bike lane and parking; put car parking next to motor vehicle travel lane and put the bike lane between the parked cars and sidewalk (where parking had been). Ideally though, there should be a 3' buffer between the parked cars and bike lane (now cycletrack) which may require narrowing the motor vehicle travel lane widths.
This design is pretty much terrible. It does not really deall with door zone (it minmizes it because every car has driver, but not all have passengers) It increases right hook opportunities reducing driver visibility and awareness of cyclists at intersections and the bike lane is cluttered with pedestrians etc.
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