Originally Posted by
DTownDave22
horrible infra that is put in place in this region These bike lanes that are in the gutter of the road just become filled with $hit
You're not really helping cyclists out that much by going 1/2 a$$ed infra w/ bike lanes that become dirty in no time. Do they not budget in street cleaning? Who are the people making these decisions and I'm curious what went into this decision
I'm with you man! Mentioned it at least four times in other posts. People that design this crapola,likely aren't bicyclists nor are they from the area.
The local community representatives that approve those projects probably only ride their bikes a few miles a year .(if at all)
Most entities that are awarded grants for building bicycle infrastructure seem to be satisfied with making lines(in the gutter) that have bike icons painted in them .
Betting that some of the communities make money , (that goes into some pocket) due to the difference in actual costs verses the grant amount.
Having debris free lanes has more to do with which city it's in. I just happened to be driving in the south of Warren yesterday AM.
There were pedestrians walking in the bike lane since they were clean and salted (sidewalks had snow on them).
The few times I cycled on that Van Dike bike lane this past year, it was generally clean.
On those occasions that I traveled that route ,I rode on the Conner Creek Greenway in Detroit as well.
So much glass and general rubble. There were landmarks (dead possum,Patron bottle,piece of black bumper) in the lane in April ,that were still there in October.
Wonder why a cycling advocate group doesn't compel some construction company to occasionally donate time and equipment to clean lanes?