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So many people are upset, and I agree, with the Wilson Street bike lane. What no one has done is to present a solution aside from abandoning the entire project.
My solution, take away the poles and add a rumble strip, EXACTLY AS YOU DID ON FORT AVENUE WHICH WORKS INCREDIBLY WELL, without giving drivers the sense of being squeezed in together. This solves the emergency vehicle needing to pass, the snowplows ripping or damaging the poles, while still providing the driver with a warning system that they are off the road.
And yes, just today I almost got sideswiped by a landscapers truck and trailer crossing the double line into my lane. Scary...
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City of Salem (تم التحقق رسميا)
R Frugg (مستخدم مسجل)
john (مستخدم مسجل)
Chris (مستخدم مسجل)
W A H (مستخدم مسجل)
The problem is that people don’t drive the speed limit. There will always be those who go too fast. There are also people who don’t stay in their lane. This will always be an issue as well. This was poorly planned and not even needed. The f they wanted a bike lane, put it on one side since there’s so few bikes. Previously they mentioned this project was a “if we build it, they will come”. If that’s truly the case, then look to expand it. Right now, these lanes take up nearly as much space as the car lanes themselves.
With all the complaints about this, it wouldn’t surprise me if the city gets sued after there’s a severe accident. There’s been too many near misses since this went up. This wasn’t a problem before because you could easily move to the side.
Worst case, if the city doesn’t want to remove the bike lanes, then take away the poles so cars have more space to avoid potential head on collisions with risking damage to their cars from these dumb poles.
RBredfin (مستخدم مسجل)
I love how everyone is now a traffic expert all of a sudden. Maybe ask some of the hundreds of cyclists that appreciate having a physical barrier between them and a speeding car, truck or SUV what their opinion is of the new project. Bike lanes are almost useless without the posts. In the days between when the lanes were painted and when the posts went up, I witnessed a cyclist get clipped which led to a physical assault and the driver sped off. Never would have happened if posts were up. Keep them up!
And give me a break with the "i cAn'T GeT ovEr fOR eMeRgeCy VehIcLeS!". That's such a desperate reach. Slow down and pull over between the poles. If you can't make that maneuver you're either going too fast or shouldn't be driving. It's not like they come up on you at 50 mph.
مغلق R Frugg (مستخدم مسجل)