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I like Oboe's idea about one-way single-file sidewalks. That served up a good chuckle... :-)

I agree that the larger point is that cycle infrastructure development enhances overall city life and sustainability, and that the current low numbers do not indicate a lack of success. Cycle infrastructure has to be built out slowly, just like the roads were (which, as was pointed out, have a 100-year head start).

We have to plan for the city as it should be 20-30 years from now, when there will be modes of transportation that are now only dreams. We might have limits on the size and number and types of gasoline vehicles in the city. Multi-modal planning facilitates that; enhancing the motorcar driver's experience does not.

As for the pedestrians, I agree there is a risk in the current setup. I cross the cycle track very frequently, sometimes in mid-block, and I have trained myself to look both ways. But others may be less observant. I wish we could get rid of the bizarre parking on the left side, which is counterintuitive, but the howl rising from that would be deafening.

by Jack Love on Mar 1, 2011 12:52 pm • link • report