I am really glad there's a new bike lane on Townsend, it's good for so many things.
Like unloading your car
It's a great place to take a break from driving your taxi to chat with a colleague
I mean it's really great for unloading your car
oh hai, don't worry if the lot is full you can park your Prius in the bike lane
FedEx loves this bike lane
where else to line up for a right hand turn or back into a parking space?
UPS also love this lane and it's a terrific spot to double park a Mercedes
doubles as a loading dock
buses in, buses out
no need to pull to the right to drop off your fare, that's what the bike lane is for
it's a good place for a stroll
good for pulling out
good for pulling in
and it's for bikes too! this scenario is much better than before the bike lane, I assure you.
First you want bike lines. Fine. Then you want bike lanes just for bikes... My god, you people want it all!!
ReplyDeleteGrrr! That's frustrating! Have you ever checked out the site mybikelane.com ? Cities around the world post pictures exactly as you have done, of cars and other abuses that occur in bike lanes. License plate numbers (for the one here in Vancouver) are posted on the side with a counter that tallies the number of times a license plate is caught. The photo's act as the visual record. I think its a good place to record the problems as then safe riding advocacy groups - or individuals can then ask city hall to look at the site from time to time, so they can get a visual of the types of problems cyclists run into "out there". Happy Riding! :)
ReplyDeleteI ride Townsend to work and ride Townsend back to mi casa and I can tell you it is FRUSTRATING sometimes... BUT you ain't seem nothing till you get to
ReplyDelete(a) baseball season
and
(b) the European round about at the end of Townsend where NO ONE knows how to manuever around the round about!
- Townsend Cyclist