Originally Posted by
Loren3
Yep. Right down the middle of Hennepin, along what City Pages designated as one of the 10 worst bike intersections in the city. It's a trip getting from the right lane of Hennepin on the bridge, across two lanes of traffic, into the slot between the straight and left turn lanes so I can catch the bike lane that starts inexplicably in the middle of the street on the other side of the intersection. Yesterday I was passed by a ninja biker. Today I had to brake suddenly for a pack of jaywalking pedestrians. Last week, a bus honked his horn at me and cut me off (running a red light just to make sure - I actually reported him to Metro Transit), and the week before that, another bus pulled out of a bus stop on Washington and ran the red light at Hennepin almost taking me out as I was crossing.
More purple flowers for Ganesh!
I'm very familiar with it. I've been nearly left hooked on that bike lane around a 1/2 dozen times. The only positive thing about its design is that I've never seen it repeated anywhere else.
It probably looks good to those who want to show off how progressive the city is, - combining a dedicated bus lane, bike lanes, and car traffic onto one street. It just doesn't work very well.