Comments on: “Floating Parking” & Bike-Buffer Zones in Separated Cycletracks

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By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 02:34:44 +0000

Took me awhile to get to this but what a great piece! Having an authoritative voice like his commenting on DOT's work is huge.

By: Grace

Grace — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 21:13:17 +0000

Investing in communities is long overdue, but it's all about balance. Tipping the scale towards tranist oriented development and neighborhood livability is a welcome sign but lets not forget that while the bridges and pavements don't vote they need to be in decent shape to move the goods into our downtowns.

By: Tara Goddard

Tara Goddard — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:51:34 +0000

Found some great info about intersection treatments for cycletracks here: http://nacto.org/cities-for-cycling/design-guide/intersection-treatments/cycle-track-intersection-approach/.

By: J. Racki

J. Racki — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:30:09 +0000

I moved to NC from Northern CA and MISS the bicycle/pedestrian friendly infrastructure. So, when I go home I grab my bike and go with my parents and bike from Woodland to Davis for a morning bagel/coffee at Pete's Coffee house.
City of Woodland keep up the great work on connectivity! It's the KEY Foundation for a bicycle/pedestrian friendly city!

So, Northern CA is ahead of the game compared to NC. Changes are slowly happening here in NC.

A shout out to Jim Knoppka, Trail Coordinator for City of Folsom, Jim, great job on all the trails/bikeways in Folsom, I can see them on Google Earth!

By: Tara Goddard

Tara Goddard — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:28:43 +0000

Hey not a fwyflier - thanks for the shout-out. ;)

Gary - my main concern with cycletracks (and their ilk) is intersection design. So often the photos and videos of these facilities just shows the midblock. It looks like the facilities in the video used some innovative paint treatments at intersections (and mostly put the separated facility on the left side of one-way traffic?). I'd love to see details of this.

I definitely believe that cycletracks/buffered bike lanes/etc have a powerful role to play - but of course the devil is in the details. Nice video!

Tara
Bike/Ped Coordinator
City of Davis

By: RandyS

RandyS — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:38:07 +0000

Inspiring. Very close to what we are planning for our first floating parking installation on Western Ave. in Cambridge, MA with construction starting this summer (see http://www2.cambridgema.gov/cdd/et/infra/western/)

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Live UFC Stream — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:45:32 +0000

buffer zone nice article and i am a bicyclist too. this website is so nice and helpful

By: jooltman

jooltman — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:56:19 +0000

Seeing kids buzz by confidently--in the street!--is what Class 1 protected bike lanes are all about. They are safe, efficient, and a boon to busy families.

By: fwyflier, NOT

fwyflier, NOT — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:19:28 +0000

I like the buffer zone...but in CA. there are just too many INCONSIDERATEF
drivers here (except, maybe in Davis). A K-railing or NJ type concrete barrier would be better in majority of the communities in CA.

I really don't like seeing the opposing bicyclists as depicted. I would think that if you turned the streets into one-way streets with buses on the right side of the road and bicyclists on the left, it may be
more efficient.

I'm not sure if Cal Poly, Pomona still has a student project entitled "Bikeways for Urban Streets"
written in the 1980's.

By: Peturbed

Peturbed — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 03:32:41 +0000

Thanks for making this video. It was informative, hopeful and calming to watch.
May the haters all suck on a tailpipe!

By: kwk

kwk — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 23:54:40 +0000

Seems that if cars to parked at a 45degree angle then possible dooring would be completely eliminated.

By: Montage!

Montage! — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:02:40 +0000

I love separated cycletrack montage!

By: Rob B.

Rob B. — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:24:40 +0000

Given all the negative news in the past few months, I wish I could be as sanguine as Gary Toth. Let's hope he is right.

By: gecko

gecko — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:15:46 +0000

Kent Ave pictured above is a virtual Sunset Strip.

By: Gary Toth

Gary Toth — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:16:27 +0000

Regarding spending billions on freeway projects, well, those days are long gone. While I was at the New Jersey Department of Transportation, we realized that we had hit the financial "wall" about 10 years ago. Some other states have been slower to figure this out, but the public no longer has an appetite for being taxed for transportation.

21st Century transportation investments will have to accomplish more than move cars from point A to point B. If us practicing engineers want the public to fund our work, our projects will have to add value to communities.

The genius of the NYCDOT projects is that they embody this principle. Their collective body of work over the past three years is more about making neighborhoods and districts better: they are investing in communities, not bridges and pavement. Elected officials pay heed: bridges and pavement don't vote, nor do they buy goods in our downtowns and shops!

By: Gary Toth

Gary Toth — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:04:51 +0000

Actually, the results here are startling. Average travel time through on Prospect Park West stayed the same even though average speeds dropped from 34 to 26 mph. This is counterintuitive, but when the road was three lanes, cars would barrel down the road only to pile up at red lights -- the start and stop at traffic lights is one of the biggest causes of congestion. Also, weaving in and out -- another factor in congestion and crashes -- has probably gone down since the road improvement.

The two above factors also are a significant cause of crashes, and as expected, they have gone down dramatically both for cars and pedestrians.

Most importantly, the Livability of the neighborhood and the ability to get to the park have been dramatically improved.

By: John Harshbarger

John Harshbarger — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 02:56:21 +0000

@Hart Noecker, Actually disturbing the flow of automobile traffic is exactly what is needed. Putting in bicycle infrastructure helps to slow traffic and make it safer for everyone. I have seen it happen even here in Omaha. Vehicles drive slightly slower when they see cyclists on the road(normally) and the more cyclists they see the slower they go. The days of zipping through the heart of American cities at 45-50mph is hopefully nearing an end.

By: Hart Noecker

Hart Noecker — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 19:33:03 +0000

So lemme get this straight...we can continue to flush billions of dollars down the toilet on freeway projects that destroy communities and our ecology, but bike lanes have to be budget neutral? It's time to end the stigma of investing in new infrastructure. If we want a cohesive, progressive new network of bike transit, we have GOT to stop caving in to the neocon mindset that tells us our projects have to be cheap and not disturb the flow of automobile traffic.