Originally Posted by Helmet Head
And if the VC contrarians would agree to oppose bike lanes except on those roads with high speeds (say 45 mph speed limit or higher), and long intersectionless sections, we'd probably have nothing to disagree about it.
It's the insistence of BL advocates to support and not oppose bike lanes on all the other roads (NOT high speed high volume) that is really at issue here.
That is how I see it. I'd call high speed as 40mph and higher posted SL though.
Thats why I like the guideline to be to not have a BL stripe (keep the pavement width of course) for 200' before any and all intersection approaches (with the exception of those with a RTOL*).
If there are so many intersections that the resulting BL stripe can no longer exist (or the bits that are left are absurdly short) then the road does not have long intersectionless sections.
I also support bicycle awareness signage or road stencils on/adjacent to WOLs.
*This exception is not my personal preference, I'd still prefer WOTL in this case, but it is a compromise and one I can accept.
Al