Riding York Blvd Bike Lane in Highland Park (Going East)

[09conrado]

It could be so easy to swap the bike lane and the parking strip. Just add a narrow strip of grass between raised bands, and you have two benefits in one go: A super separate (coloured) cycle path and uninterrupted car flow. Better at junctions too. Only thing is, you have to wach out a little more when leaving the car, but you would have to anyway now, not to have cyclists crash into you. Works fine in Holland. The road is surely wide enough for it. Stops cars from speeding as well.

[reaperexpress]

The thing that bothers me the most about this bike lane is that it goes in front of bus stops, rather than behind. Road designers need to realize that cyclists clash with buses even more than with cars. They have the same average speed (~25km/h) but instead of going a constant speed like a cyclist, buses go 50+km/h but stop frequently, causing conflict at every stop. I commute by bike here (in a suburb of Toronto), and I keep track of the bus schedule so I can avoid meeting a bus en route.

[Fonant]

That's not a bike lane, it's just a bit of spare road they had left over when they allowed parking in the right-hand of a two-lane road! Has anyone on a bike yet discovered the downside of riding in the "door zone", so close to parked cars?

[metaph3r]

Who would have guessed that there are bike lanes in the US at all ;-)