Re:Guerrilla Bike Lanes: San Francisco Makes Illicit Infrast...
by asdff on Thursday November 05, 2026 @04:56AM
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The issue is the parked cars not the bike lane. Planners are aware of this. There is recent efforts to “daylight” intersections as they call it when they work to increase these sightlines.
Re:Guerrilla Bike Lanes: San Francisco Makes Illicit Infrast...
by hobo123 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @01:19PM
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You say that, but routinely cars/trucks drive RIGHT NEXT to a bike lane with someone riding a bike, then pull right and drive over the cyclist like they couldn't have seen him or her.
Apparently the possibility of vision / line of sight is not the issue. Maybe the willingness, maybe the understanding that yes indeed, there is another lane next to the road, and maybe you should monitor it for traffic, especially before taking a right or left turn.
Something similar to this dynamic happens anywhere you would "look both ways" as a driver but don't have far enough visibility to extrapolate a safe window of passage relative to the speed of oncoming traffic. It can happen when parked cars block your view of oncoming traffic, or when parked cars block view of the bike lane, or when parked cars, trees, hedges, fences etc block view of the sidewalk that a non-pedestrian is using.