Roads with protected bike lanes make both cycling and driving safer: study

Re:Roads with protected bike lanes make both cycling and dri... by u801e on Monday June 03, 2019 @06:14PM (#20089491)

> The coordinator told me that they plan to convert those bike lanes to protected bike lanes. I told them that the problem was the crossing between the bike lanes and the highway exits and onramps, not that the bike lane wasn't protected. Whenever Austin makes a protected bike lane, they don't protect the crossings, so a protected bike lane can't address the problems I have.

The only real way to protect the crossing is to protect it the same way that the crossing of I-35 is protected from the surface street you're riding on. That is, you need a grade separated interchange for cyclist traffic.

The other way would be to ignore the bike lane and ride in the center of the lane that you would use if you were driving a car through there.

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Re:Roads with protected bike lanes make both cycling and dri... by btrettel on Monday June 03, 2019 @06:42PM (#20089733)

> The other way would be to ignore the bike lane and ride in the center of the lane that you would use if you were driving a car through there.

This is what I do for the most part, and I'd say very roughly 20% of cyclists do the same. Few cyclists are confident enough for this solution.

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