June 30, 2010: Bike Lane

xoxoxoBruce · 06-29-2010, 11:02 PM

There, in the night... Ahhwooooo... Bike lanes of London, Ahwooooo!

photo credit: jamesup

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Spotted last night along Southwark Street. Two chaps constructing one of London's new Cycle Superhighways (sorry, Barclays Cycle Superhighways). Specifically, route CS7, due to connect Merton to the City with a continuous blue line from this summer. What we hadn't realised was how these things are laid. Wherever the azure lane needs a special marking, these fellows take out a flat-pack kit and 'iron on' the symbol like a transfer. Who knew?

Must be the perspective but the lane in between the two bike lanes look pretty narrow.

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HungLikeJesus · 06-29-2010, 11:12 PM

I wonder if they're slippery when wet. Does it rain much there?

xoxoxoBruce · 06-29-2010, 11:18 PM

Does it rain much in London?

Gravdigr · 06-30-2010, 01:02 AM

Antimatter · 06-30-2010, 03:18 AM

If they're anything like the ones in Copenhagen they're coarse enough not to get slippery when wet.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-30-2010, 03:22 AM

I don't know about Europe, but the plastic lines and letters they put down here are slippery as shit.

Griff · 06-30-2010, 05:40 AM

Yeah, but we don't have bikes here.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-30-2010, 05:47 AM

Them ain't horses I'm trying to avoid on the road.

Griff · 06-30-2010, 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Them ain't horses I'm trying to avoid on the road.

Try harder.

We've almost given up rode riding. It used to be you'd get the occasional jack-ass swerving and laying on the horn but now it is some form of aggression pretty much every time out no matter how carefully you follow the rules of the road. A lot of cyclists ride like punks now feeding that violence. hmmm... sounds like a foru...

HungLikeJesus · 06-30-2010, 07:55 AM

Last year in Colorado they passed a law that a car passing a bicycle must give three feet clearance. That seems to have helped.

jinx · 06-30-2010, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Last year in Colorado they passed a law that a car passing a bicycle must give three feet clearance. That seems to have helped.

Great idea.

Especially if bikers are required to stick to roads where there's 3 feet to give.

Griff · 06-30-2010, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by jinx

Great idea.

Especially if bikers are required to stick to roads where there's 3 feet to give.

That is a real problem in no shoulder PA. Maybe cars should stick to roads with 10' to give.

Lamplighter · 06-30-2010, 10:45 AM

Here in Oregon, cyclists have been politically active and laws were passed giving them protection and "rights" on the roads. Some cyclists have become very "assertive". Drivers are noticing these changes and some are responding poorly.

Portland has had several deaths and so is experimenting with various bike-only routes and bike lanes, especially at intersections where vehicles make turns. The problem is that no matter who has the "right of way", the car always wins.

classicman · 06-30-2010, 08:22 AM

hahaha -

jinx · 06-30-2010, 10:14 AM

Yeah, that'd be great, then I could kayak down the storm drains like I've always wanted...

06-29-2010, 11:12 PM	#2
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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I don't know about Europe, but the plastic lines and letters they put down here are slippery as shit. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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Antimatter Belt Conveyor Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 68	If they're anything like the ones in Copenhagen they're coarse enough not to get slippery when wet.

06-30-2010, 05:47 AM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Them ain't horses I'm trying to avoid on the road. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-30-2010, 07:55 AM	#10
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Last year in Colorado they passed a law that a car passing a bicycle must give three feet clearance. That seems to have helped. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

06-30-2010, 10:45 AM	#13
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Here in Oregon, cyclists have been politically active and laws were passed giving them protection and "rights" on the roads. Some cyclists have become very "assertive". Drivers are noticing these changes and some are responding poorly. Portland has had several deaths and so is experimenting with various bike-only routes and bike lanes, especially at intersections where vehicles make turns. The problem is that no matter who has the "right of way", the car always wins.

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