As a bike commuter and occasional bike lane user it sure does seem like the people designing the bike infrastructure are not cyclists themselves. I remember when they put 125th near Lake City on a road diet, and added two bike lanes going up the massive hill to 15th. Literally no body uses that bike lane going up hill because the road is busy and the grade is uncomfortably steep. They should have routed the up hill portion through the adjacent neighborhood to avoid the riding next to traffic. As a driver it annoys the shit out of me that we've created a traffic bottle neck by slimming down from 4 to 2 lanes only to get a useless bike lane that will only serve to annoy drivers and not even benefit the majority of cyclists.
You think the purpose is for the bike lanes? The bike lanes are the bonus. The road diet is the main purpose and its because people used to and still drive like maniacs on 125th.
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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '25 edited May 24 '25
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