BIKES!
This is as American as apple pie. In my city, they made the protected bike lanes so small that they can’t get street sweepers in so they’re filled with years is shit.
We have practically no bike lanes in my entire county. But there are a couple sections about a hundred feet long in different parts of the county. It’s a start I guess?
That bike lane doesn’t really look that safe anyway. With the amount of space it took, they could easily have installed more physical seperation like larger curbs, bollards, a line of trees. I don’t even see the texturing they use on the asphalt to warn drivers they are exiting their lane. The current design offers no protection against drunk or distracted driving. Even something as simple as a car pulling over for a firetruck could result in a collision with a cyclist.
That white car further down in the picture demonstrates exactly why you need protected bike lanes. For crying out loud you could fit two cars in that lane and they still can’t stay inside it.
Also a good argument for that texturing i was talking about. The driver may not be aware of how far over the line they are. With the texturing it is difficult to ignore the lines.
fuckcars moment
Why does it say “Lane Bike” on the road? Do people suddenly start reading from bottom to top when they’re driving?
especially when they have to go around the sign
“High instances of bicyclists swerving into road in this area”
Why am I not surprised that this is Dana Point…
I thought I recognized that road! You see this shit all over OC, but at least there are places to bike.
That bike lane is a place to bike in the same way a tightrope over some rapids is a bridge…
Classic.
