Went to open house, saw plans, talked to city people.
Not sure it's a good idea, new design isn't good for fast riders....
It may be worth it, I would just have to slow down....
What do you think?
Charcharodon Megladon
Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 4:02 pm
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I thought you have Showtime and were going to say you were having a party for the season premier of Dexter. :-(
Eric_s
Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 4:24 pm
Joined: 07 Mar 2007Posts: 1691Location: the dirty south
from what I've been able to observe in pdx, bicycle facilities usually result in a lower average speed for everyone. This is good, because bike facilities help cars believe that bikes should be there. This is bad because when you're on a road where there's no paint, car drivers get really aggressive.
It's difficult to believe that a little paint makes a difference, but it sure seems to.
ksep
Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:26 pm
Joined: 27 Jan 2007Posts: 1879Location: Westlake
Oldmesenger82 wrote:
What do you think?
take westlake parking lot. no hill.
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joby
Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 3:13 pm
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I took some pictures of a bike-way in Brooklyn. It seemed to suck less than I thought it would. Long turn lanes and broken up parking make it easy for cars and bikes to see each other.
It would be rougher on a two way street like Dexter though. Left turning cars would suck.
corpusjuris
Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2010 3:49 pm
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Even though the study was based out of England, I have to say the results resonate with me, at least when outside the downtown core.
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Oldmesenger82
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 1:27 pm
Joined: 30 Jun 2006Posts: 204Location: Fremont
abamfici wrote:
Oldmesenger82 wrote:
What do you think?
take westlake parking lot. no hill.
Way too slow.
Eric_s
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 3:55 pm
Joined: 07 Mar 2007Posts: 1691Location: the dirty south
Oldmesenger82 wrote:
Way too slow.[/quote]
Take westlake. Stay in the right lane. The cars can go around: there's a whole 'nother lane!
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