This is a big deal for bikes in Bellingham! We have a new protected bike lane on Holly Street, the most important thoroughfare through downtown, and previously a big gap in our cycling network. Very excited to use this new route!
Today (Tue Mar 5) at 5pm, the city of #BellinghamWA will present concepts for a protected bike lane on Holly St, one of Bellingham's busiest downtown streets. There will also be a presentation from Catie Gould, senior transportation researcher at the Sightline Institute.
Event is at Structures Brewing on Holly St.
Photo is of a protected bike lane in Medford, OR, similar to what we'll have in Bellingham.
Decided to inspect the new #BikeLane on Osborn last night. I certainly hope its not finished, because of not, it’s a disaster. It only runs from 11th Ave to 19th Ave (from nowhere to nowhere) and at 11th the westbound traffic goes from two lanes into 1 through lane, 1 right turn lane, followed by the bike lane.
In the span of 5-10 minutes I witnessed 6 or more cars ignore the right-turn only, continue through, and drive down the bike lane, despite the bollards enclosing it. #bike#BikeTooter
It runs past a school at Osborn/15th Ave (Encanto Elementary) which — maybe — is why the #BikeLane is there, to get kids to school.
However, if anyone has ever driven past there at pickup/dropoff time you’ll know that westbound Osborn gets taken up by the line of cars pulling into the school. They’ve incorporated that into the bike lane, but it leaves another opening for cars to go into the bike lane thinking it’s a right turn lane for 15th Ave. (Also witnessed last night.) #BikeTooter#Bike
Eastbound Osborn #BikeLane seems OK, though, since west of 19th was really just low-traffic, one lane, they’ve simply delayed Osborn becoming two lanes until 11th Ave. Not nearly so much room for confusion by stupid/inattentive drivers.
Still it’s a great pity the bike goes hardly any distance at all (1.2 km?). Osborn could be a fantastic cross-town bike lane.
City of Port Phillip councillor: “You can’t ride your bike and bring home your groceries. You can’t take your kids to their dance classes, or bring parcels home, or use the bike if you’re elderly, disabled or infirm." East St Kilda mum: "please tell that councillor I do all my shopping, kinder pick ups and swimming lessons on my bike. And my friends would do it too if they weren’t so afraid of cars 🤦🏻♀️"
Ask for Option A on the #SafeInkerman consultation: https://www.ppbug.org/current #BikeLane#melbourne#cycling
Why simply park your car in a #BikeLane when you can dump a couple truckloads of gravel in it, spill some into a storm drain, and block a fire hydrant, in a school zone, on #Halloween?
> At least 500 people came out to show their support for the recently innagurated bicycle lane on Via Augusta, last Saturday, October 21st 2023. The festive event was organized by...
BIKESPOT project is on once again! You can mark the map where you feel unsafe or safe riding your bike. Port Phillip Bicycle Users Group (and other advocacy groups) uses this data to inform our advocacy work, so it's really appreciated if you can participate. #cycling#melbourne#naarm#BikeLanes@fedibikes@ajsadauskashttps://www.bikespot.org/
(Edited to add: this is NATIONAL, not just for melbs! go to it, interstate friends!)
Ayala avenue itself is not #CarFree, and the only stretch of road that was closed to motorized vehicles is the segment of Paseo de Roxas, between Ayala and Makati Avenues. Glad to see they kept the #bikelane|s, thanks to dedicated folks who pushed against a plan to remove them.
Most of the bikelane surfaces look worse than before, with many unpatched or unevenly patched roadwork. 😑
How would you make this street better for biking & walking? Capt Bertie’s Way is a short 20 MPH street with residences and an entrance to a major town parking lot at the end. There’s a planned shared use path to connect a new housing development (highlighted parcel). Thoughts? #BikeTooter#UrbanPlanning#SafeStreets#sidewalk#bikelane#UrbanDesign#streets#CompleteStreets