Exhibit A
Exhibit B
Exhibit C
Exhibit D
photos by P.M. Summer
LOCATION: Richardson, Texas.
CROSS-SECTION: 21' curbface to curbface, with a 10' inside automobile lane, and an 11' outside automobile parking/right turn/bike lane.
USAGE FOR BICYCLISTS: Mandatory... according to the Texas Vehicle Code, Sec. 551.103, (a)(4)(A), Operation on Roadway.
INTENT: Neighborhood traffic calming... and keeping bicycles out of the way of the newly calmed neighborhood traffic.
COMPLIANCE WITH TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING GUIDES: Zero.
POTENTIAL FOR CONFLICTS RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY: High.
BIKE FRIENDLINESS: Considered high as well, by those more interested in symbolic gestures than in actual results.
2 comments:
What's the striped painted bulge in Exhibit B for?
Alexwarrior said...
"What's the striped painted bulge in Exhibit B for?"
That's a painted curb-extension/bulb-out. It's placed at the intersections to direct right turning vehicles out of the car-parking/bike-travel lane.
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