Not the clearest image example, but you know what I mean right? It's when approaching a right turn exit then suddenly cars need to cross over the bike lane in order to be on the right turning lane
How can this prevalent design be improved?
by wreck_of_u
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This is done to receive extra funding for highway project from federal money marked for active transportation. There was no intention that anyone would ever actually bike on this, as it would be incredibly dangerous. These loopholes need to be fixed so that these funds can go to actual bike infrastructure.
Typical Florida road. This is the correct way to stripe the road. FDOT deviates from this striping on road junctions with interstates where they keep bicycle traffic to the R. side of the R. turn lane then L. hook the bicycles across the automobile lane & add a stop sign for cyclists.
I just bike in the middle of the rightmost lane and move over at the end. There’s no way I’m letting someone pass me on the right at 30+mph
I’ll do ya one off ramp lane better:
(I can’t post an image)
[Bakersfield, CA](https://maps.apple.com/?address=86%E2%80%93270%20Calloway%20Dr,%20Bakersfield,%20CA%20%2093312,%20United%20States&ll=35.359715,-119.115948&q=86%E2%80%93270%20Calloway%20Dr&_mvs=CjYJbjf2JQuuQUARgOCv+GvHXcAZAACYPFBgVEAhYBIBVDy+L0Apan81rFxqHEAxAAAAAAAAAAASMQoUODbigJMyNzAgQ2FsbG93YXkgRHISDEZhaXJ3YXkgT2FrcxoLQmFrZXJzZmllbGQ%3D)
Paint is not infrastructure and those responsible for garbage like this need a bloody good kicking (or just to be forced to use that ‘facility’ a few dozen times.
You’d rather a high-speed right hook? Sadist.
Pretend bike lane.
cities get federal funding to set those up . What a scam !
They need to start the dashes sooner a solid white line means a car cannot cross the bike lane at that point.
There’s a podcast called well there’s your problem, it’s about engineering disasters like buildings that fall down but they have an episode about John Forrester and how he was a crazy man who was very influential on the laws regarding riding bikes on the road. He though anyone should be capable of maintaining a speed of at least 35 mph and they should be riding within traffic like a motorcycle. It’s on YouTube because it has a PowerPoint but the audio version is on podcast apps
It’s not a bug. The idea is that it is safer to force the driver over the bike lane than to force the bike to cross the decelleration lane. That way the driver is supposed to take responsibility for the crossing rather than the bike.
https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/22296/chapter/6#51‘
These things are done after years of study with decades of data. Ignore them at your peril.
The entire turn lane should be the bike lane, and it should be striped with green so that drivers know they are entering a bike lane upon crossing the dotted line. It should have shark teeth to indicate the driver is supposed to yield as well.
Paint ain’t infrastructure
Meanwhile, other southern states are like “We should be like Florida!”
I refer to these as “go ahead, fucking die” lanes.
In my town in Moncton, NB, Canada, this is ALL OVER THE PLACE. I think it comes from people attempting to do something without understanding the practical effects of it.
It’s super uncomfortable, I feel like I’m in the way, but I’m boldly using them (while watching every heartbeat of every motorist I can see) to bravely (stupidly? It’s a fine line…) make use of them hoping for a change that works.