More evidence of the incompetence of government. Doubtless the workers tasked with implementing these particular genius facilities noticed the silliness. They either didn't care, or any protests fell on deaf ears.
We need more than just photographs of this incompetence, we need the names and titles of the crew supervisors, department heads, council members and every person who signed off on this waste of the public good.
Trouble is, too many cyclists like that stuff. They have become coke addicts, willing put up with cocaine laced with Drano, as long as they get a white line to sniff.
Too many have become convinced that their only reality is riding between a curb and a white line of "cyclist empowerment"... when they are really just strung out junkies buying what ever the pushers sell.
The point I was going to make is that this isn't the result of bad engineers, but bad politicians telling bad municipal officials what to do, science and engineering principals be damned.
All of those examples were the result of engineers throwing up their hands and giving the elected officials what they demand. Mind you, the engineers often rationalize their rollover by thinking, "it's just bicycles".
So, the more self-appointed experts over-ride what real experts recommend, the worse things get for cyclists. And they say, "thank you!"
There is a bike lane in a cul de sac in a quiet residential neighborhood Maitland, FL. I need to get up there and get a photo of it.
To follow PM's line... Painting bike lanes on residential streets is like selling drugs to kids. It creates crippling dependency right right from the start. In the case of Baldwin Park, it could physically cripple or kill them.
Crap facilities are the result of the all-consuming need to promote cycling. Roadway engineering is NOT the appropriate venue to promote anything. The photos are a great illustration of how little promoting cycling has to do with actually helping cyclists.
It's not the government's job to advertise cycling. The bike industry is milking a great gig - taxpayer-funded advertising for their products. The cycling organizations that should be protecting us from this crap have their snouts in the same trough.
It's not the government's job to advertise cycling. The bike industry is milking a great gig - taxpayer-funded advertising for their products.
Hmm, interesting. Maybe VC advocates could play the same game. What if, instead of the government building expensive bike lanes, they could use some of that money to subsidize bike advertising that also promotes positive, VC, awareness:
Keri said "There is a bike lane in a cul de sac in a quiet residential neighborhood Maitland, FL."
That reminds me. Here's something similar, on the driveway leading to the Oakland (CA) Coliseum Amtrak station parking lot. For extra bonus points, the inbound bike lane is in the door zone.
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More evidence of the incompetence of government. Doubtless the workers tasked with implementing these particular genius facilities noticed the silliness. They either didn't care, or any protests fell on deaf ears.
We need more than just photographs of this incompetence, we need the names and titles of the crew supervisors, department heads, council members and every person who signed off on this waste of the public good.
They need to be exposed and then laughed at.
Trouble is, too many cyclists like that stuff. They have become coke addicts, willing put up with cocaine laced with Drano, as long as they get a white line to sniff.
Too many have become convinced that their only reality is riding between a curb and a white line of "cyclist empowerment"... when they are really just strung out junkies buying what ever the pushers sell.
The point I was going to make is that this isn't the result of bad engineers, but bad politicians telling bad municipal officials what to do, science and engineering principals be damned.
All of those examples were the result of engineers throwing up their hands and giving the elected officials what they demand. Mind you, the engineers often rationalize their rollover by thinking, "it's just bicycles".
So, the more self-appointed experts over-ride what real experts recommend, the worse things get for cyclists. And they say, "thank you!"
I absolutely love this. I saw it when it was first posted, and it makes more sense now than ever.
There is a bike lane in a cul de sac in a quiet residential neighborhood Maitland, FL. I need to get up there and get a photo of it.
To follow PM's line... Painting bike lanes on residential streets is like selling drugs to kids. It creates crippling dependency right right from the start. In the case of Baldwin Park, it could physically cripple or kill them.
Crap facilities are the result of the all-consuming need to promote cycling. Roadway engineering is NOT the appropriate venue to promote anything. The photos are a great illustration of how little promoting cycling has to do with actually helping cyclists.
It's not the government's job to advertise cycling. The bike industry is milking a great gig - taxpayer-funded advertising for their products. The cycling organizations that should be protecting us from this crap have their snouts in the same trough.
It's not the government's job to advertise cycling. The bike industry is milking a great gig - taxpayer-funded advertising for their products.
Hmm, interesting. Maybe VC advocates could play the same game. What if, instead of the government building expensive bike lanes, they could use some of that money to subsidize bike advertising that also promotes positive, VC, awareness:
"Share the lane - Buy a Trek!"
Keri said "There is a bike lane in a cul de sac in a quiet residential neighborhood Maitland, FL."
That reminds me. Here's something similar, on the driveway leading to the Oakland (CA) Coliseum Amtrak station parking lot. For extra bonus points, the inbound bike lane is in the door zone.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=McAfee+Coliseum,+Oakland,+Alameda,+California+94621&sll=37.544492,-121.997724&sspn=0.005121,0.008991&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=Fe8LQAIdTF63-A&split=0&ll=37.7526,-122.19717&spn=0.000638,0.002143&t=h&z=19
Oddly, there are no bike lanes on the roads leading to this driveway.
Stuart, I believe you already answered the question (sorta). ;-)
http://cycledallas.blogspot.com/2008/08/share-gutter.html
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