06-05-2018, 09:15 PM
(06-05-2018, 08:40 PM)Pheidippides Wrote: How has everyone been handling the faux-cycling lane SB on King between Allen and Union?
I had been taking the actual full vehicle lane, but after a few bad experiences with drivers tail-gating, honking, yelling, and gesturing for me to use the "cycling" lane I was intimidated in to using the fake lane, but then had the problem of getting trapped in the turning lane between unyielding traffic and the curb when the "lane" ends just before Union.
I have since avoided the stretch altogether.
I wish they hadn't painted any line or at least hatched out the space between the lane edge and the curb.
Is there a universal, polite, hand gesture for, "that's not a bike lane"?
To answer your question...no...hell, there's not a polite universal gesture for "that ditch isn't a bike lane"...
You'll get no arguments from anyone (except a few staff, who tell me time and time again that I can take the lane...helpful) that this is quite utterly terrible. In my opinion the engineers who designed it should lose their iron rings, but I'm sure it meets all the standards written in all the traffic guidelines used in the Region...so...apparently it's fine then.
Ehh...I'm just whining, my answer, is to avoid it as well. I take a much longer route to avoid riding there.