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September 13th 05, 09:01 PM
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Inevitable Cycle Fiasco
Neil Williams wrote: On 13 Sep 2005 05:58:45 -0700, wrote: Not necessarily. If the pavement is raised above the cycle path, and the cycle path is seperated from the road by a kerb, then all should be happy. Until car passengers throw glass bottles out of the window, and you've got a nice glass trap that's too narrow to use a road sweeper on, so the glass remains and the cycle path is useless. Hmm - hadn't thought of that one. In Southern Germany people don't throw bottles out of car windows. Though I would have a raised curb of just a few centimeters - ideally just below straight line pedal height. That's still enough to deter cars, but a street sweeper could straddle it. Not to mention that pedestrians in many places still don't respect them. Chicken and egg? If there were enough cyclists, pedestrians would respect them. Unless the road is wide enough for a cycle path of at least a normal lane's width (which most of Milton Keynes' Redways are), there isn't room for one and the road is a better place for the cyclist. If the road was a foot or two wider, overtaking by cars would be easier and less dangerous. Sorry - can't agree there. I'd be happy to have a dedicated, 1m wide cylce path each way. Putting one of these on both sides would require removing one lane of parked cars, or in some places reducing the car lane width to 3m. Unless your talking sports cyclists at high speed! |
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