but now they are moving parking from curbside to create a curbside bike lane. protected bike lane!
but...we have seen some people confused. to be honest, if i was a tourist and didn't know that the floating white paint meant a parking spot, i'd be confused too. but some people seem to be getting it. perhaps it's growing pains. i've seen this sort of parking in nyc, so i know it can catch on.
will post more pics of confusing white paint soon!
I live out in the Inner Richmond and commute this way a lot. I haven't liked the change so far- I was riding in a river last week since the lane's closer to the curb (glad I have fenders) and the cars were a bit confused when they got closer to the stop signs for right turns. But to be fair, the construction doesn't seem finished, so I'll wait to pass my all-important judgement ;)
ReplyDeleteyah, true, the construction doesn't seem to be quite finished. this past weekend when i was riding around, it just seemed like a bunch of white paint poured on the asphalt sort of like an abstract expressionist might do. i hope some sense can be made out of it.
ReplyDeleteIt was a bit worse today in GGP-hopefully they'll be adding green paint to the bike lanes:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/eltejano/7054904807/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eltejano/6908818582/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eltejano/6908817684/in/photostream/
thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeletemy boo got some excellent video of stuff this weekend that i will post once that is ready.
in short, MUCHO CONFUSION. dooring is imminent. :-/