I commute on this by bike to my office. I am writing to my county, Camden County NJ, about the bike lanes on N Park Drive in Pennsauken, NJ. The road has a speed limit of 35, but traffic flows at 45 (cars and trucks). This is due to it being an unofficial link between two arterial roads. I feel speed bumps are needed to lower the speed. The speeding is dangerous, as this road includes a school, apartments, and riverside park. However, I find this lane-buffer-parking layout problematic. I would prefer to be closer to the parking area, or inside of that. I understand the buffer is to provide space from parked car mirrors.
What are some recommendations I can make to improve this, if any?
by mraz93
6 Comments
Concrete barriers
They need to decide what kind of road it is. If its a really a high speed connection between places, it shouldn’t have a curb side parking to begin with. And bicycles need a lot of separation, or ideally should be directed to a disentangled route entirely.
If its a street with businesses and stuff on it, where people come to destinations, it should be traffic calmed to lower speeds, and possibly given a protected bicycle lane.
conveyor belts like at the airport so you can go doubly fast
Switch bike lane and parking strip. Boom, instant parking-protected bike lane.
1. Narrow the general lanes to 11ft or less. Give the extra space the bike lanes.
2. Swap the parking and bike lanes.
3. Separate with precast curbs.
You could also consider making the bike lane bidirectional next to the park. It looks like the road has few curb cuts and/or intersections which makes it a good contender for 2-way travel. This would preserve more space for parking if that is an issue.
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