tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388652528051620982.post8547377638500205923..comments2024-03-26T01:34:40.136+01:00Comments on Cycling Solution: Shared-use paths stink!Greg Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11437710184036204639noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388652528051620982.post-33132639732749039202008-09-20T10:51:00.000+02:002008-09-20T10:51:00.000+02:00Hi Christophe,Actually my grievance with Bp's shar...Hi Christophe,<BR/><BR/>Actually my grievance with Bp's shared-use paths isn't just that they're shared by different types of users, it's also because they're normally on just one side of the street and for both directions of traffic. They're awkward to use and they take up too much pedestrian space.<BR/><BR/>I've seen the red bike paths in both Leipzig and Berlin, and they were better. In those cities, bike lanes generally run down both sides of the road, providing tracks for both directions of traffic. <BR/><BR/>Granted, this solution takes more road space, but Budapest's large thoroughfares (like Bajcsy-Zsilinszky, which was given one of these bad bi-directional shared paths) have plenty of room or them. Naturally, some car space and/or car parking would have to be sacrificed and this is a big political challenge.Greg Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11437710184036204639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388652528051620982.post-92127866496407522982008-09-19T13:33:00.000+02:002008-09-19T13:33:00.000+02:00Actually, they work quite well in Germany. Probabl...Actually, they work quite well in Germany. Probably because people are teached about their meaning, they are painted on full length in red to be easily recognized and there are always enough bikes on them to show which's lane this is... And it's better than nothing like in the rest of the city.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com