Comments on: America’s stupidest bike lane http://treadly.net/2008/03/31/americas-stupidest-bike-lane/ Work is just something I do between bike rides Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:01:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Adrian http://treadly.net/2008/03/31/americas-stupidest-bike-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-1241 Adrian Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:30:35 +0000 http://treadly.net/2008/03/31/americas-stupidest-bike-lane/#comment-1241 <p>We've got plenty of stupid bike lanes in Sydney. I'm not sure what a 'bike lane agnostic' is but I've slowly moved to accepting them at some level.</p> <p>I found this <a href="http://www.transport-initiatives.com/News_files/TPM%202006%20-%20AS%20paper.pdf" rel="nofollow">paper</a> a very enlightening discussion of the issue.</p> We’ve got plenty of stupid bike lanes in Sydney. I’m not sure what a ‘bike lane agnostic’ is but I’ve slowly moved to accepting them at some level.

I found this paper a very enlightening discussion of the issue.

]]> By: Treadly and Me http://treadly.net/2008/03/31/americas-stupidest-bike-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-1240 Treadly and Me Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:47:58 +0000 http://treadly.net/2008/03/31/americas-stupidest-bike-lane/#comment-1240 <p>Not just Neerim Rd and not just Glen Eira, methinks…</p> Not just Neerim Rd and not just Glen Eira, methinks…

]]> By: eccles http://treadly.net/2008/03/31/americas-stupidest-bike-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-1239 eccles Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:42:58 +0000 http://treadly.net/2008/03/31/americas-stupidest-bike-lane/#comment-1239 <p>I think Glen Eira council sees "bike path on road = don't have to maintain that bit of road", but that might just be Neerim Rd.</p> I think Glen Eira council sees “bike path on road = don’t have to maintain that bit of road”, but that might just be Neerim Rd.

]]> By: Treadly and Me http://treadly.net/2008/03/31/americas-stupidest-bike-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-1238 Treadly and Me Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:22:10 +0000 http://treadly.net/2008/03/31/americas-stupidest-bike-lane/#comment-1238 <p>I have these rare moments of perspicacity. In the meantime, I remain <a href="/2007/07/20/on-being-bike-lane-agnostic/" rel="nofollow">bike lane agnostic</a>.</p> I have these rare moments of perspicacity. In the meantime, I remain bike lane agnostic.

]]> By: Chris L http://treadly.net/2008/03/31/americas-stupidest-bike-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-1237 Chris L Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:41:40 +0000 http://treadly.net/2008/03/31/americas-stupidest-bike-lane/#comment-1237 <blockquote>Hmmm, I reckon I know why that bike lane is there: every metre of bike lane counts when the city council wants to include in its annual report a statement like: “We installed x kilometres of bike lanes this year.” It doesn’t matter whether the lanes are useful—or even usable—it's all about how much paint was slapped down—really pumps up their 'green' credentials.</blockquote> <p>That reasoning is spot on. What saddens me is the number of cycling "advocates" who buy it, or indeed, promote it.</p> Hmmm, I reckon I know why that bike lane is there: every metre of bike lane counts when the city council wants to include in its annual report a statement like: “We installed x kilometres of bike lanes this year.” It doesn’t matter whether the lanes are useful—or even usable—it’s all about how much paint was slapped down—really pumps up their ‘green’ credentials.

That reasoning is spot on. What saddens me is the number of cycling “advocates” who buy it, or indeed, promote it.

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