Comments on: Fix for “America’s stupidest bike lane” hits road block

By: Alan Barak

Alan Barak — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:15:31 +0000

Just moved into the neighborhood. I’m an old bikey. Just rode that area today…and that precise block. Can’t say I think it’s worth anyone’s tax dollars to stripe any part of that street. How about a nice sign that says something like “Look behind you! Bike about to ride into your opening car door.”

Sometimes we over-engineer, don’t we.

By: paul_silver_spring

paul_silver_spring — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:01:49 +0000

Is cedar lane really so traffic filled as to need a bike lane at all?? Why not save the hassle and put the effort towards a lane on colesville or georgia or east-west… something that would really benefit from it…

By: Tdiddy

Tdiddy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:30:37 +0000

I ride my bike all the time heading downtown for an errand or passing through.

There’s a slight downhill on that stretch and you can take on that road pretty fast. There’s no way in hell I’d ride in the proposal that puts the bike lane alongside the cars it’s just a matter of time before someone’s taken out by a car door.

Anyhoo… Doing just fine right now without the bike lane… Why bother? Once you clear that tiny stretch you’re just going to have to share the road with cars.

By: wombat

wombat — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:33:11 +0000

If you like this plan you’d have loved what they tried a few years back. They built the bike path between the parked cars and the sidewalk. This had a number of problems, but they’re weren’t convinced to get rid of it till a drunk or stoned driver actually drove down the bike path one night, sideswiping cars and trees because, of course, there wasn’t really room for a car on the bike path. The current dead-end bike path is a remnant of that one.

By: Greg Sanders

Greg Sanders — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:25:20 +0000

I’m still amused live within a block of this lane. But I’m on the other side of Wayne and a renter in any case, so I didn’t get a vote.

The funny thing is that it’s probably not the worst form of planning within a block of me. I give that prize to the Whole Foods parking lot.

By: wombat

wombat — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:04:46 +0000

Perhaps they mistook it for junk mail, but perhaps, as with many multiple choice questions, it’s that they weren’t offered any answer that they agreed with.

The biggest problem is not car doors. The biggest problem is that all the choices offered involve bikes riding head-on into traffic that’s often traveling at inappropriate speeds for a residential street, hitting the gas to beat the light at the corner. It’s a really horrible accident waiting to happen.