09-02-2020, 01:18 AM
(09-01-2020, 09:40 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: Out of curiosity, is your objection to planter barriers based on the implementation or something else?
The picture shows a pretty poor implementation (I mean, for one, it's missing the green), but on the plus sides the planters are wide, much wider than a curb and bollard, and they are also a fairly large vertical obstruction, it presents the driver with a much more solid looking barrier than a bollard or god forbid an idiotic roll curb. And because it is a vertical obstruction, it may also lower speeds more than a curb in the same place would.
As safe infrastructure I don't oppose them, as long as they get implemented properly. And yeah, I was confused about the ones in the photo, I can't even tell for sure if they have dirt yet...
I was more concerned about adding them and having people count them as adequate greenery. Obviously they would be a net benefit, I'm just concerned if we view them as greenery instead of cycling infrastructure people will count them as "good enough" when I think we should be doing far, far more.