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Sharrows

By Frank on September 17, 2009

The CD is getting some more sharrows. I live on a street with sharrows, and I don’t see a huge benefit to them. But if they’re at least a big honking sign saying “bicycles exist” then they’re probably worthwhile.

Biking in this (or any) city is tough. So few people bike these days that anything that increases the number of bikers and/or bike safety even a bit has to be seen as a success. Fortunately, like urban renewal, it’s subject to feedback loops. The more people who bike the safer biking becomes, which gets more people biking, etc., etc.

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Why Not Start Here?

By serial catowner on April 10, 2008

Years ago, the University Bridge had six lanes instead of four. Apparently the two outer lanes were a bit challenging for the evolving motorist, and they were closed to traffic. Why not re-open them, to bicycle traffic only?

Paint it green, and put up some real dent-your-car bollards to keep the cars out. Give the cyclists a full lane across the bridge. Spend like crazy and it might cost as much as $10,000 for the city to put its money where its mouth is, with a short segment of real bikeway.

Lord knows, things are challenging enough at either end of the bridge. It’s the least we could do.

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