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Lots of Cars & Drivers in the Bike Lane

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We're riding on Park Blvd from University to Meade, and it's totally fine as we dodge just about every kind of delivery truck, some dingdongs bringing a box to UPS, etc. etc.
But it's not about the drivers here. It's about the disconnection in design. What good is a bike lane if the developments along it are all designed to interrupt it?
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These videos can be scary, but please know that my goal isn't to deter people from riding bikes in San Diego, but to show the real-world conditions. Sometimes it's pleasant, sometimes it's just fine, and other times there's tension and conflict.
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11 июл 2024

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Комментарии : 14

@gabebikes Месяц назад

Another great video!

@OnYourLeft Месяц назад

Glad you cite the planners and not the drivers on this one. Most of the drivers are trying to do their best with what they have. The planners are the problem here.

@RidingBikesinSanDiego Месяц назад

Well, the planners create the possibility for this to happen. Drivers who park in the bike lane are still drivers parking in the bike lane. The people at the UPS store made choices.

@OnYourLeft 29 дней назад

@@RidingBikesinSanDiego - Yes, but in the defense of the UPS guys, there's a good chance the nearest actual legal place for them to park is probably a minimum of two blocks away. I sympathize with him. But I think bike lanes put cyclists in greater danger anyway, so...

@RidingBikesinSanDiego 29 дней назад

@OnYourLeft This location has an alley in the back which the trucks could use without being in the bike lane. I sympathize with them as far as the companies that employee these people put unrealistic timing mandates on the drivers, forcing them into no-win situations. But giant corporations survive by taking advantage of public resources. Meanwhile, it's good that you say "I think" before "bike lanes put cyclists in greater danger," because data doesn't support that conclusion. That's some Vehicular Cyclists nonsense that's held back safe infrastructure projects for decades. John Forrester was not an expert in urban design; he's one of the most efficient shills the auto industry ever had. I've been saying this for years, but @thewaroncars just did an episode about it: thewaroncars.org/2024/07/09/131-vehicular-cycling-and-john-forester-part-1/

@OnYourLeft 28 дней назад

@@RidingBikesinSanDiego - Agreed about the delivery companies. I didn't know about the alley. I'm a vehicular cyclist when I don't have proper infrastructure. I'm against poor infrastructure, like a simple 3' painted gutter. But I definitely support larger cycle ways, like the ones I've ridden on in some places in California and some of the ones they have in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wm_o4ZsD01M.html I absolutely support infrastructure like that. I just wish city planners would think that way instead of trying to blend cyclists with motor vehicles or just link all the parks together with bike paths (that's what they do here in Vegas). I would never advocate against cycling infrastructure, but I would fight for better implementation. I also absolutely support slowing motor traffic down in most places. We drive way too fast. Regarding the data, my personal data says that I will get honked at, yelled at, or threatened 4 times in 12 years if I control one lane of a narrow 4-lane road, but if I ride along the edge of the same road in order to stay out of the way, I will get clipped many times and knocked down 3 times in a mere 3 months. I'd much rather be away from the cars if at all possible. But when I can't, I will do what I can to be seen and be safe. I gladly ride on the shoulder or out of the way when appropriate. And I'll ride with traffic when appropriate. I never heard of Forester until the other day. He had some good points and some bad points.

@ablackney Месяц назад

But but but, designing for multiple things is hard. Make brainy hurty real bad (I envision this in caveman speak)

@johnsampson2544 Месяц назад

I hear that in "stoner". The road designs here in the Boise area are so haphazard, that I'm sure that the planning meetings look/sound like a gathering of Jeff Spicoli, Bill & Ted, Wayne & Garth and all their buddies.

@RidingBikesinSanDiego Месяц назад

I just hear a guy on the phone in his car.

@sdsk8rboi Месяц назад

My rule is once I have to leave the bike lane to go around a blockage, I take the lane for the rest of the block. I'm not going to weave in and out of the bike lane because of bad design and rude drivers. More of the parking needs to be turned into loading zones instead of preserving free car storage above all else.

@RidingBikesinSanDiego Месяц назад

That's usually my move, too.

@fallenshallrise 24 дня назад

I wish a civil engineer or planner would chime in on this. What kind of a "plan" has lane widths, parking, the whole street pattern changing every single block and then when they build up a new block around a brand new development the infrastructure is even worse. Why are they re-inventing the wheel on every single block, every street, every intersection. Work smart and not hard.