(OK, the photo’s obviously a setup but the article is worth reading just for the crackpot reader’s comment about bike lanes being an example of Socialists at work. Priceless.)

Anyway, it sounds like this was a temporary balls-up while some roadworks were being done. As opposed to, say, the permanent arrangement on the Yarra Trail…

(Sadly, it appears that proposals to by-pass these steps have gone on the backburner—but YarraBUG is still pursuing it.)

The other bizarre bike lane (via wurple), sees road signs being installed in the bike lanes, as reported by the Whittlesea Leader:

Eye-rollingly bizarre. Who’d have thought that was a good idea? It’s not good for motorists and downright dangerous for cyclists. One would hope these will be removed pronto.