The performance envelopes of vehicles sharing bike lanes these days are wildly different. I dread the day that RTO is complete, and rush-hour bike lanes are shared by e-bikes, e-unicycles, one-wheels, push scooters, e-standup-scooters, smaller sit-scooters, monkey bikes, e-skateboards, skateboards, and whatever else I’m missing.
It raises the likelihood of accidents, as these vehicles have varying acceleration and braking curves, not to mention stances and senses of what’s behind them.
That said, I don’t think there is anything to be done about it in the near to mid term; just interesting to force so many different vehicle profiles into a relatively small space.
I mean, people should already be operating them safely enough to avoid a collision regardless of mode of transportation.
Although they’re not strictly forced into a small space. In most places, bicycles (and probably other vehicles) are entitled to take the whole lane, even if it’s not a designated bike lane.
Really, it all boils down to just operating your vehicle safely, though as we’ve seen even with cars, that doesn’t happen as much as it should. But maybe if people aren’t as protected like in their SUVs, they’d be more careful.
I’d also like to see better traffic enforcement for unsafe operation, because especially post-COVID, people have gone a little nuts and policing is way down. My city’s police department literally said at a meeting that they’re prioritizing education over ticketing, which is one of the most stupid things I’ve ever heard, especially since I haven’t seen any educational outreach from them, and I hardly see anyone being pulled over.
The performance envelopes of vehicles sharing bike lanes these days are wildly different. I dread the day that RTO is complete, and rush-hour bike lanes are shared by e-bikes, e-unicycles, one-wheels, push scooters, e-standup-scooters, smaller sit-scooters, monkey bikes, e-skateboards, skateboards, and whatever else I’m missing.
I don’t see a problem with that. If your issue is crowding, maybe just trade more car lanes for bike lanes.
Ideally mass transit like trains or buses would be a first choice, but individual electric transport is still great for the last mile(s).
It raises the likelihood of accidents, as these vehicles have varying acceleration and braking curves, not to mention stances and senses of what’s behind them.
That said, I don’t think there is anything to be done about it in the near to mid term; just interesting to force so many different vehicle profiles into a relatively small space.
I mean, people should already be operating them safely enough to avoid a collision regardless of mode of transportation.
Although they’re not strictly forced into a small space. In most places, bicycles (and probably other vehicles) are entitled to take the whole lane, even if it’s not a designated bike lane.
Really, it all boils down to just operating your vehicle safely, though as we’ve seen even with cars, that doesn’t happen as much as it should. But maybe if people aren’t as protected like in their SUVs, they’d be more careful.
I’d also like to see better traffic enforcement for unsafe operation, because especially post-COVID, people have gone a little nuts and policing is way down. My city’s police department literally said at a meeting that they’re prioritizing education over ticketing, which is one of the most stupid things I’ve ever heard, especially since I haven’t seen any educational outreach from them, and I hardly see anyone being pulled over.
What’s RTO?
But anyway those belong in bike lanes except sit down scooters.
Return to office.