First 2 photos are from the west-facing side; last 2 are east-facing.
The route you need to take is shone by the red arrows I drew.
Your starting point is off a bike/ped trail, and you are trying to enter the bike lane. You arrive at this intersection which has a bike lane, crosswalk, and two ped crossing signs. Cars are going about 30-40 mph. They – of course – are not yielding to you.
Wwyd?
by LegitimatePianist175
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It’s Philly, so I’d wheelie across while strewing the crosswalk with Wawa trash.
I’m boring, so I’d plan to stand there with my army of blinking front lights pointed at the oncoming traffic until somebody stopped. Cross the exit on foot, bike on my left side, and walk the bike into the bike lane. Then get on and ride from there.
Alternately, is there somewhere better to cross or join the road? If you go farther down that exit, is there a better place to cross, possibly where the cars are going more slowly / isn’t as distracting of a location?
These are the kind of logic puzzles they should publish so that things stop getting designed this way.
Anyhow if I’m coming off that bike path I gotta wait for or make a gap no matter what. Depending on how traffic is flowing I’d plan to shoot a gap and make the full left when I get one, run or sprint to that island if I don’t get a full gap then take up the lane when possible, or if things are particularly hairy I’d ride the bike lane against traffic a few feet until I can position myself to grab the vehicle lane and make the left.
I’m aggressive and comfortable-ish in traffic. This would be annoying for me but I could manage it. The design was clearly thought up by someone who expects cyclists to dismount, walk, and then remount which is absolutely not how cycling infrastructure should flow.
If I need to stop for traffic anyway, then I’d just walk it. Where I live, cars are supposed to yield to peds but may not have to yield to a cyclist here.
At full speed! you have a bike lane. Drivers are always reminding us to use them.
Split the lane wayy before hand.
LOL so I live nearby.
The answer is: very carefully. There is no correct way to navigate the parkway safely. I just go slow and don’t cross lanes/traffic unless I know for sure it’s safe. I HATE riding on sidewalks and avoid that at all costs but around here I will sometimes slowly ride on the sidewalks and just follow the pedestrian rules bc the street/bike lanes is such a clusterfuck
Either take the lane ahead of time, or use the crosswalk and force vehicles to yield to me.
And I do mean ‘force’