Originally Posted by Helmet Head
So can I, but is it appropriate to be riding faster than 15 mph as close to the edge of a road as a bike lane or sharrow normally positions a cyclist? .........
Originally Posted by Helmet Head
Whether you're a car or bike, if you're going 15 or slower, you should be allowed in the road margin.
Whether you're a car or bike, if you're traveling faster than 15, you should be to the left of the margin.
First off, bike lanes are not necessarily 'in the margins.' or always position riders close to the edge of the road.
Many bike lanes are bufferred from the road edge, buffered from parking and accomodated at intersections, position the average rider further from the edge of the roadway than simple wide outside lanes alone, and provide a better lane position leading up to free accomodated intersections.
the intent of hh appears to actually be marginalizing unduly the utility, value and actual physicality of roadway space granted by velotransit lanes in a well accomodated roadway network.
velotransit lanes can be well provided, integrated with roadway striping patterns, and allow preferential travel by bicyclists.
speed limits, or allowing cars to drive in them willy-nilly is a disenfranchisment of the value of velotransit integrated with a community roadway network.
If you want a new name for a bike lane, call it a velotransit lane.