12-02-2017, 07:29 PM
Ha! There's gotta be something in the air today. I was crossing with the bicycle crossing signal on Erb@Peppler at the plaza and someone made a right from Erb up onto the bike path, right in front of me. Luckily no one was walking and the driver quickly stopped upon realizing their mistake. Anywhere that looks kind of flat someone will drive a car on to.
In other disappointing infrastructure news, I finally rode through the new Lexington counterflow bikelane thing over the expressway. I'm not a huge fan of the end with the daveport intersection. It seems like a left-hook will happen when someone turning from Columbia doesn't do a shoulder-check and someone just follows the walk signal and rides through because the crossing is painted bike lane. I think the old road diet proposed for this road would have been a good thing, there is plenty of room in the area, the bridge is a bit tight but it would help keep car speeds closer to the posted limits.
In other disappointing infrastructure news, I finally rode through the new Lexington counterflow bikelane thing over the expressway. I'm not a huge fan of the end with the daveport intersection. It seems like a left-hook will happen when someone turning from Columbia doesn't do a shoulder-check and someone just follows the walk signal and rides through because the crossing is painted bike lane. I think the old road diet proposed for this road would have been a good thing, there is plenty of room in the area, the bridge is a bit tight but it would help keep car speeds closer to the posted limits.