Originally Posted by
corrado33
So in effect, it's the tractor trailer of the bike lane? Impossible to pass and slow as all getup? What they're trying to do is design a small CAR that's allowed to drive in the bike lane. It's not a bike, it's just a very small car. They're trying to pass it off as a bike by having pedal assist, but you know as soon as these come out they'll have conversion kits to allow a throttle, therefore enabling full on "car" mode with no input from the driver whatsoever.
It really all comes down to speed and width. If a vehicle is narrow enough to fit in the bike lane and slow enough to not pose a hazard to cyclists, why shouldn't it be allowed to use the lane? Cyclists can pass it and if traffic became congested in the bike lane, a second bike lane could be added to the left of the first with a broken line for passing.