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portland recently installed a section of physically separated bike lanes and used large planters. I like the concept, but realized for cities that deploy snow plows several times a year, needs to be visible under a pile of snow and withstand “dings” by the plow. I doubt that our city would free up any precious car driving space soon for separated lanes.
One portion of my commute includes a separate bike path but also has painted bike lanes on the street. I find myself using the painted bike lanes primarily though because using the path involves going up and down curbs and intersections and I don’t think I am as visible to the cross traffic cars even when I have the right of way. I guess the difference is that the separated bike lanes should be more like the street than a sidewalk in order for the bikes to be viewed as traffic instead of pedestrians.
portland recently installed a section of physically separated bike lanes and used large planters. I like the concept, but realized for cities that deploy snow plows several times a year, needs to be visible under a pile of snow and withstand “dings” by the plow. I doubt that our city would free up any precious car driving space soon for separated lanes.
One portion of my commute includes a separate bike path but also has painted bike lanes on the street. I find myself using the painted bike lanes primarily though because using the path involves going up and down curbs and intersections and I don’t think I am as visible to the cross traffic cars even when I have the right of way. I guess the difference is that the separated bike lanes should be more like the street than a sidewalk in order for the bikes to be viewed as traffic instead of pedestrians.