On 11/04/14 02:12, Phil W Lee wrote:
They seem to be copying a design which was abandoned in Cambridge not
that long ago, as it impeded cycle traffic that used it and meant that
the majority of cyclists used the general traffic lanes instead.

Epic fail.


It seems many designs we have built here would be rejected in places
where facilities have been developed and refined over decades.

Last night I rode along a street that has a bike lane wide enough for
two riders to comfortable ride abreast. It is a full car width lane.
The street is not very long, but half way along it there is a traffic
island that consumes half the width of the bike lane. I have no idea
why it is there. It is just there. Further along there is a chicane to
calm the motor traffic, and the bicycles are directed off road and along
a narrow path around the chicane.

******** to all that. I rode in the vehicle lane and had no
obstructions to deal with at all.

I wonder why our engineers can't learn from engineers who have been
making useful facilities for ages? Why do they have to make many of the
same mistakes again?

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JS