Originally Posted by
CommuteCommando
This is not an issue with me. I attribute all the worlds ills, from teen pregnancy to global warming, to so many people focusing on what others think about how we look.
There is a public meeting next week on realigning my towns main business thoroughfare.
https://www.google.com/maps/preview/.../data=!3m1!1e3
https://www.google.com/maps/preview/...vgN3BWeWng!2e0
This town, in an attempt to get listed as gold star bike friendly rated, wants to reduce this to one lane each way. One motivation is that tourism is a significant industry in the town, which hosts a century ride, a triathlon, and has snagged the position as start point of RAAM. As a cyclist in this community, I am all for improved infrastructure, but this is dumb on a number of levels.
First, it isn't necessary. Most cyclists, locals and tourists alike take Pacific Street, which parallels the ocean, and has issues that can be addressed much more easily.
Second, it increases backlash among many in the driving public. I am all for increased use of bikes in daily life. Antagonizing those who will never get on a bike is, IMO, counter productive.
Any idea what they propose to do with that road in question? I hope it's not travel lane, then car parking, then bike lane between the cars and the curb. Can't stand that design. If they could eliminate on-street parking, they could do 2 travel lanes plus a bike lane, with a striped buffer in between. That would be nice. If street parking is a must, it would be better to have a travel lane, bike lane, striped buffer, than car parking, to keep those on bikes out of the door zone, and keep cyclists as visible as possible to the cars.