Comments on: I (heart) bike boulevards

By: Ralph

Ralph — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:55:06 +0000

I’m for the most practicle solution to each problem. To make a bike boulevard usefull you need to cut down the number of stop signs. I commute on what is consdered a dangerous section of road. Why? Less chance of stopping at a red light to slow me down. I some times use one of the bike boulevards but it ends in a maze with no clear way to get out.
We have sharrows in town. Put a bit to close to the right side (follows the code). Motorists don’t have a clue. Primarily because you never have to take a driving test again once you have your license. That needs to change.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:44:44 +0000

I don’t feel like I have to be divided into one camp or the other. I like bike lanes and bike boulevards. Having grown up here, when there were much fewer bike lanes an no boulevards, I am feeling a little giddy that this argument comes up.

I want both. I know we have limited resources for implementation and need to make decisions, but it seems like that should be done on a case-by-case basis. We always need more of each. Which one is the most important to do next?

I go out of my way to ride on 3rd Street/University – but I am lucky enough to live near it. I use bike lanes all the time and I feel relatively safe (depending on which street it is).

By: P.S.

P.S. — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:34:54 +0000

In the year and a half since a stripe was painted on Park Avenue from Ajo to Irvington, auto speeds and aggressiveness have gone up. Unintended consequences …

By: Coghauler

Coghauler — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:16:18 +0000

That’s right, Kenneth, and what
unsettles me the most is the
mantra of ’safe, safer, safety’
that bike boulevards live under.
What hazards are being removed
by the creation of bike boulevards?
There is so little traffic on these
planned routes to begin with.
I’m all for signal-assisted crossings
of major streets…those are useful
and can exist wherever needed. What
is that particular quality about bike
boulevards over what is there now that
results in such an increase of safety?
Europe this and Netherlands that…most
of the videos show cyclists on separated
bikeways. I don’t think they have more
room over there than we do…they just
see the use of space differently.
Here’s a useful thing…how about a bike/ped
way through Downtown? That would remove some
hazards. The city would have to commit some
space for it, though. Say maybe Arizona Ave?

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:45:19 +0000

I saw a sharrow painted in the bike lane way out by my house on Broadway E of Harrison. They also redid the bike lane right where Jose Rincon was hit, now it lines up better. I do not recall the sharrows being added all the way down Broadway, I’ll have to pay attention on my next bike commute.

I like using the 3rd street bike route but it doesn’t start until after Wilmot, is less than ideal due to all the stop signs, and slower than just taking Broadway. I really like the dedicated bike path once I get near downtown but it’s over pretty quick at that point.

By: kenneth a

kenneth a — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:32:52 +0000

I’m for the BB thing, but the one going up 4th and then ending up on 6th and Grant seems like typical bad planning & design, by the city, that probably won’t be used much but will most certainly cost a lot of taxpayer money.

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