Originally Posted by
flangehead
When I lived in Houston in 1992 I remember this abomination being installed and I remember using it:
I go by here very often and I take the lane.
Not just paint! Signs!
So you decide if this is acceptable. I couldn't find proof of age; just my memory. There was activity at this time and based on what I've found, this may have been an early "proof-of-concept" installation. Since the objective was to extract federal funding, it appears it worked.
I remember this lane being installed in 1992.
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I'll consult my able assistant for a next mission recommendation in case I get cyccommute approval or 3 likes. If unacceptable then I've got a bridge that was installed about 20 years ago but my only proof dates to 2002.
While the bike lane is unacceptable, it meets the parameters. Next mission is yours.
By the way, we have an extensive network of bike lanes and paths here in Denver. Many of them date to the 70s. Some have been rebuilt and some haven’t. Even the ones that haven’t been rebuilt aren’t in that bad of shape. One of ours was a response to massive floods that inundated parts of Denver in the middle of town. We started building the
Platte River Greenway in 1974 and it now stretches from Brighton on the north to Chatfield Reservoir, a distance of 35 contiguous miles of off-street bike path. There are numerous feeders off the main path that offer equal amounts of off-street bike path. Long ago I did a century with only about 5 miles of street riding...and the system wasn’t nearly as extensive.