Comments on: Sharrows Video http://www.vabike.org/sharrows-video/ Advocacy, Safety, & Education Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:25:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Columbusite http://www.vabike.org/sharrows-video/comment-page-1/#comment-7508 Columbusite Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:23:20 +0000 http://www.vabike.org/?p=1182#comment-7508 This is an older video and while I agree that poor placement has to be nipped in the bud for them to promote safe, i.e. vehicular, cycling I do not agree at all that they should be a last resort for where a bike lane can't fit. Bike lanes just can't deliver on what they promise: a separated facility for cyclists. There are many problems that bike lanes create that simply don't exist if you're controlling the lane on a multi-lane street. http://columbus-ite.com/2009/12/22/the-laundry-list-for-why-bike-lanes-are-bad/ Sharrows should be used in conjunction with signage advising bikes to use the full lane and for vehicles to pass in the other lane, so like I said these should be on roads with more than one lane in each direction and as for roads with only two-lanes they can work too, but they must be designed for slower traffic so that motorists aren't trying to unsafely pass, like on a designated residential street or a dense, urban commercial street where cyclists and drivers are going at near similar speeds. This is an older video and while I agree that poor placement has to be nipped in the bud for them to promote safe, i.e. vehicular, cycling I do not agree at all that they should be a last resort for where a bike lane can’t fit. Bike lanes just can’t deliver on what they promise: a separated facility for cyclists. There are many problems that bike lanes create that simply don’t exist if you’re controlling the lane on a multi-lane street.

http://columbus-ite.com/2009/12/22/the-laundry-list-for-why-bike-lanes-are-bad/

Sharrows should be used in conjunction with signage advising bikes to use the full lane and for vehicles to pass in the other lane, so like I said these should be on roads with more than one lane in each direction and as for roads with only two-lanes they can work too, but they must be designed for slower traffic so that motorists aren’t trying to unsafely pass, like on a designated residential street or a dense, urban commercial street where cyclists and drivers are going at near similar speeds.

]]> By: RANTWICK http://www.vabike.org/sharrows-video/comment-page-1/#comment-4024 RANTWICK Wed, 06 May 2009 19:36:33 +0000 http://www.vabike.org/?p=1182#comment-4024 I think people are getting way too excited about painted lines and symbols on the road. I also think that in many cases poorly executed (and this happens all the time) paint can decrease cyclist safety, especially for cyclists who feel those markings always show where they should be riding. All the appetite for symbols and special lane markings feel a lot like the promotion of helmet use as a cure-all for bike safety felt 5 years ago. Helmets and well executed paint are fine and helpful, but neither are the magic bullet they are often made out to be. I think people are getting way too excited about painted lines and symbols on the road. I also think that in many cases poorly executed (and this happens all the time) paint can decrease cyclist safety, especially for cyclists who feel those markings always show where they should be riding. All the appetite for symbols and special lane markings feel a lot like the promotion of helmet use as a cure-all for bike safety felt 5 years ago. Helmets and well executed paint are fine and helpful, but neither are the magic bullet they are often made out to be.

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