Originally Posted by
Bekologist
routing thru traffic to the right of potentially right turning traffic is distinctly un vehicular and is part of the vcist screed.
Please elaborate. Based on your previous thread, I'm assuming you are referring to having a wide outside lane where cyclists may travel straight through an intersection to the right of potentially right turning traffic. Am I correct? If so, how is that a case of "routing thru traffic to the right of potentially right turning traffic?" There are no lines indicating that either party must stay in one area of the lane or the other. They are left to sort that out. The motorist can move right in the lane to turn or the cyclist can move left in the lane if he feels it is necessary. Contrast this situation with a bike lane and the faults of the bike lane should be obvious, especially in states where motorists are not allowed to merge into the bike lane.
Originally Posted by
Bekologist
for traffic to flow vehicularily in principle there can be no thru lanes of traffic to the right of a turning lane at intersections, ever.
Which is exactly what a wide outside lane allows and what a bike lane fail miserably at except where right turn lanes are involved AND the engineers who designed the lane had a clue. There may be two LINES of traffic going through an intersection where the inner line has the potential to turn right, but if they are going to be turning right, a law abiding motorist would be doing it in-line with the outer line of traffic. Again, the faults of the bike lane are obvious in comparison.
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