FLCC> Bike lane for uphill state st? a modest proposal.

[Lawren Smithline]

Jeff,

The minimum maintenance condition of pavements for
non-motorized vehicles is one reason to oppose separate
"bike lanes" or "multi-use trails as transportation alternatives".

There's a section of bike path along the Erie canal in Rochester.
I thought I was going to avoid trafficky roads, and I suppose I
did; however, it was the most jarring section of the ride, with pock-
marked and buckled asphalt.

In the greater Princeton area, we have a bike path along a road.
Its narrow pavement divides into half width segments to diverge
around a tree.  The pavement itself is not bad quality, but the
freeze-thaw cracks show that it isn't kept up to the same standards
as the road.

The issue of "bike lanes," however marked, on the side of a road
collecting debris, presenting with drainage grates, etc. has already
been raised.

Mere relabeling of pavement so that bicyclists "feel" safer won't
help cyclists be safer.  (Ok, that's hyperbole.)  Teaching people
to ride with traffic will help.

Painting a white line to indicate a shoulder probably won't hurt --
but then the city doesn't get credit in some holy ledger for being
bike-friendly, whatever that means.

Lawren



Does anyone have any suggestions for how to encourage repair of pavement 
conditions that are dangerous to cyclists?

 - Jeff Bateman



       
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