10-31-2023, 11:07 AM
(10-31-2023, 09:20 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:I agree that either one works, I just prefer biking on by-directional bike lanes.(10-31-2023, 08:31 AM)westwardloo Wrote: Glad to see the city implement actual grade separated bike lanes during reconstruction of the road. Much better design then lines painted on the side of the road. for some reason I prefer a 2 way bike lane on one side of the road and for them to be seperated from Pedestrian traffic as well. No doubt people will be walking in the bike lane, but I think this should be minimum standard Region wide when reconstructing any road. I can't believe Regional "engineers" allowed bridgeport to be completely rebuilt with NO bike infrastructure. Such a missed opportunity.
FWIW, I do believe these are separated from the pedestrian space. As for whether they make sense to be two way, that's probably a context dependent situation. The Netherlands uses both depending on what makes sense. Which is, frankly far better than the people who ideologically believe there is one true answer (yes...there are people who have religious beliefs about one way vs. two way bike infra). I'll give the city some credit here, their "context" is pretty immature...it basically amounts to "how much space is there"...but building bike infra is new for these folks, there probably should be a two way section at one location here, but I'd have to look at a map to see where.
That being said, don't expect this type of infra everywhere, this is getting bike infra because it's in the cycling plan...the city still hasn't gotten to the point of believing there should be bike infra everywhere. (And for that matter the Netherlands doesn't either, but they have a more...advanced view of it...every location has a bike route to it, not all routes are bike routes).
That being said, Bridgeport is a bigger question...I'm not sure where it was rebuilt with no infra? I might have missed something. Bridgeport itself is a blight on the city, but leaving that aside, they were planning on putting bike infra on several sections IIRC...and I do think the region does want to do something to improve the road. I've heard bike lanes floated a few times...but ultimately the real problem is that Bridgeport is a highway and it has no place in the city...accepting that is well beyond the region today.
Sorry, meant to say Bridge St. from Lancaster to University.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4829814,...authuser=0&entry=ttu
My understanding is the at the Region wants to eventually building bike lanes on both Bridgeport and Erb and make them two way streets again, but unfortunately inflation and budget constraints have pushed those projects past 2030.