On Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 9:33:23 PM UTC-6, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 11/12/2019 9:15 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 5:56:42 PM UTC-8, AK wrote:
On Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 8:35:46 AM UTC-6, AMuzi wrote:
https://nypost.com/2019/11/12/wild-v...ens-bike-path/

Witness says, "Death trap"
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Andrew Muzi
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Bike lane in the middle of driving lanes.

Whoever designed that should be tar and feathered along with the officials that built that bike lane.

Andy

Oh wait a minute, it's New York. :-)

That's a common design with a turn lane, although it is implemented oddly there. https://tinyurl.com/vq2pc8e Go to street view, which shows a bunch of sharrows. https://tinyurl.com/wznut4e It's not a bike lane until you get near the intersection. Frank should like the sharrows -- they advise the cyclist to ride lane-center.

When the lane is too narrow to safely share, cyclists should indeed ride
lane-center. It's safer than skulking at the edge, or in a door zone,
and hoping that nobody brushes you off your bike as they squeeze by.

Given that the motorist was bouncing off other cars before he hit the
cyclist, nothing short of jersey barriers would have been sufficiently
protective.


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- Frank Krygowski

Another problem with the center bike lane is that you can be hit from both sides.

I would never ever ride in one.

Andy