Urban Replanning
I don’t know much about designing roads- but I think I know a little about it just from biking around the city. I really think the streets could be designed to better suit everyone’s needs. Maybe something like this:
By doing it this way, suddenly all the unpredictable things are predictable and tucked inside neat little painted lines.
The problem has noting to do with the layout of the bike box. The problem is that drivers are not intelligent enough to figure out the purpose of a bike box and to stay behind it. On the other hand intelligence has nothing to do with trying to pass the drivers test these days no matter what state your in.
I used the bike box a few weeks ago to cut in front of a car to make a left turn. Soon as the light turned green he rammed right into my rear tire and tried to tell me that Im not allowed to do that even though the bike box is there and perfectly clear. the funny part is a little into the argument we had, he decided to call the cops. As soon as the driver told the cop what he did, thinking he was in the right, the cop decided to revolk his license. I cracked up. As for my bike thankfully the only damadge was that he popped the rear inner tube.
I’m taking a wild guess that your cop wasn’t in New York City or he’d have found a way to pin the blame on you.
No, This was in Boston on Comm Ave, just outside of Kenmore Square.
tongue-in-cheek sky-biking concept, it solves everything and nothing:
http://www.toxel.com/tech/2010/01/26/bike-lanes-in-the-sky-concept/
WRONG WAY JOGGER LANE
So also in the ” pedestrian shoalers” area, put the I-pod zombies. I ring my bell and say passing left, still they are clueless and in their own world.