Originally Posted by
Slaninar
The design is mostly from the previous century. Pedestrian paths are usually (90% of the time) divided by a few meters of grass. Cars parked and pedestrians walking the lanes are breaking the law by doing so. A path I think you're referring to in Vol2 is an exception to the design - it was done afterwards, without previous planing, obviously. And yes - very bad and dangerous for cycling IMO - stores and newspaper stands with doors swinging into the lane.
Actually from the very beginning of the first video, the whole thing looks like it's an afterthought. When the cyclist turns off the road into the "bike lane" it looks like an abandoned trolley way. It only gets worse from there.
I did notice about about 20 seconds into the first video there is a woman running in front of the cyclists into the bike path while there is a very wide pedestrian path about 5 meters away. The bike path even curves towards it as the woman runs along the bike path.
All in all, if that system was "planned" that's a truly poor commentary on the traffic engineers' abilities.