Originally Posted by
Artkansas
It would be interesting to know why so few people use it. Could it be that just getting to the cycleway is such a pain(trash, traffic etc) that cyclists use other routes, or that the M2 doesn't go where they are going?
Having been through the area recently, my immediate thoughts (which local users may be able to correct me on) are:
- I can't see how the cycle lanes cost so much. For most of what I saw, they were literally just lines down the side of the highway in the emergency lane
- there were quite a few roadies out on the days I was there
- I'm a pretty rugged commuter, but we're talking about lanes drawn up the emergency lane of a three lane (each direction) highway with cars whipping past at 110km and exits every 3-4km. It's totally impractical for cycle commuting, I would have thought. The alternative would have to be pretty extreme for me to consider it. No wonder not many people use them.
What kind of consultation happened before the lanes were built? Was it just a cheap way for the govt to say "we built 300km of cycleway last year"?