Worst Bike Lanes

If you presented that to Polish commuters, they could still make you surprised :)

A FB post of a friend of mine: "Force of habit: After 8 years of bike commuting, you are still slaloming around known potholes in a bike path even if those were fixed a month ago" :D
 
I think any bike lane with the risk of the rider being struck by vehicles are the worst bike lanes. I rather ride the sidewalks compared to "share the road" bike lane because of inattentive drivers and tons of road debris pushed into the bike lanes causing flats.
 
Here in Austin we have a lane that began as a sidewalk.

Instead of simply putting a yellow line down the center they put a white/black line. Pedestrians are on one side of the line, cyclists on the other.

As you would expect, it’s very confusing and nobody follows the guideline. Why not just stick to the right except to pass, like any trail?

In my view just widening sidewalks and turning them into multi-use trails would be a fantastic use of resources. Protected lanes at a fraction of the cost of new construction.

That said, Austin has been doing incredible work with cycling infrastructure. We have a 1 billion dollar urban trail plan in place that could turn us into a world-renowned cycling city.
 
I was pedalling home at night after 4 p.m. today. Chose riding a symbolic MUP that could easily pass as a sidewalk. Several times, the post for the "MUP" road-sign was planted in the middle of the path! No reflective strips on the post, nothing. I was lucky as I was riding very slowly there, and my headlight is decidedly not bad at all. How can anyone sane plant road-sign posts in the middle of the bike path?!
 
I have several bike paths that merge with traffic its ap in but I never hit them the busy. one crosses the lane the bike path goes a bit left and the lane crosses it to the right os its a bit tricky
here it is usually its not every busy but I have to hope the cars yield so I can cross in front of them. of the the main streets has big lanes but often the road thins in places so the bike lane vanishes and you have to merge into traffic.
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here it is. you have the bike lane on the left and then you loose that space and it does this is a lot of places. but this street is way to busy and I only ride on it earlier in the mornings for only short stints.
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The 'missing link' section of the Burke Gilman trail is notorious for the dangerous railroad crossings resulting in frequent injuries and several class action lawsuits over the last 25 years. The last settled suit in 2022 (10 injured people filed a new suit in August) required the city to make this crossing safer, which they initially attempted by adding gravel pits to force cyclists to make a difficult 90 degree turn. Presumably, shark pits or viper nests were deemed too costly.

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Finally 2 weeks ago the city and the railroad reached an agreement that allowed the city to immediately pave over the tracks and straighten the path. The railroad was about to lose its insurance and the city is legally obligated to make the crossing safe by Jan 1 so both parties were motivated to agree on something for the first time in 25 years.
 
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The 'missing link' section of the Burke Gilman trail is notorious for the dangerous railroad crossings resulting in frequent injuries and several class action lawsuits over the last 25 years. The last settled suit in 2022 (10 injured people filed a new suit in August) required the city to make this crossing safer, which they initially attempted by adding gravel pits to force cyclists to make a difficult 90 degree turn. Presumably, shark pits or viper nests were deemed too costly.

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Finally 2 weeks ago the city and the railroad reached an agreement that allowed the city to immediately pave over the tracks and straighten the path. The railroad was about to lose its insurance and the city is legally obligated to make the crossing safe by Jan 1 so both parties were motivated to agree on something for the first time in 25 years.
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Wish there were some way to use viper pits to deal with the runners who defiantly invade my very clearly marked bike lanes. Every ride.

People on foot are generally my biggest threats, not the cars and trucks. (SoCal drivers seem resigned to dealing with bicycles and generally do what's right.)
 
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