Are pedestrians allowed in the Kinzie bike lane?

On the East bound side there is no sidewalk for a portion of the lane, but there is a sidewalk on the other side of the street.  Sometimes there's pedestrians there; this morning it was a person with a water bottle getting their power walking in.

I'm I correct in thinking that she should have been on the other side of the street, on the sidewalk?  Or are pedestrians welcome in the protected lane?

... and what's the legality of lance-mounted tasers?  Because I totally want one now.  Ugh.

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Permalink Reply by Juan Primo on October 24, 2012 at 11:00am

If the city doesn't manage the peds in the bike lane problem, all the LFP problems (bikes vs ped accidents) will happen in the bike lanes.

 

I do like bike lanes but there many times I feel safer outside the bike lanes.

Permalink Reply by Tricolor on October 24, 2012 at 11:06am

Then you have to worry about runners that for some reason don't use the sidewalks and run down the street.

Juan Primo said:

If the city doesn't manage the peds in the bike lane problem, all the LFP problems (bikes vs ped accidents) will happen in the bike lanes.

 

I do like bike lanes but there many times I feel safer outside the bike lanes.

Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on October 24, 2012 at 11:29am

That's not a really asshole thing to do at all...

Jason said:

No way they are allowed in the bike lane. They think it's the lake front path or something, which is multiuse. When I see peds in the bike lane, I like to buzz them close. And when I say close, I mean at full speed practically brushing them as I fly by.

Permalink Reply by David P. on October 24, 2012 at 2:10pm

I encountered a particularly brazen/clueless (pick one) ped today at the Wells end of the lane, salmoning dead center down the lane. Looking right at me, when he wasn't idly looking off to the side as I approached him at 15mph.

Permalink Reply by Cheryl on October 24, 2012 at 3:03pm

Hey, was that you I heard on Kinzie just before 6 tonight, coming up behind a pedestrian? Whoever it was made my night!!!! HILARIOUS!

Adam Kitzmann said:

I find screaming "NO BRAKES. AAGHHHHHH! LOOK OUT" really loud tends to get peoples attention and scare the shit out of them, hopefully enough to not be in the bike lane, or if they are, at least watch the fuck out. 

Permalink Reply by Juan Primo on October 24, 2012 at 3:39pm

How do you feel when a car does that to a ped?

Jason said:

No way they are allowed in the bike lane. They think it's the lake front path or something, which is multiuse. When I see peds in the bike lane, I like to buzz them close. And when I say close, I mean at full speed practically brushing them as I fly by.

Permalink Reply by Jason W on October 25, 2012 at 3:52am



Juan Primo said:

How do you feel when a car does that to a ped?

If the ped is running in the street or is somewhere they shouldn't be, then I couldn't care less...

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on October 25, 2012 at 4:01am

The public streets are for everyone -not just cars.

Permalink Reply by Tricolor on October 25, 2012 at 4:28am

That's what 118dB horns mounted in front of the radiator are for.  You don't have to get close but if someone's in the way it's hard to ignore.

Juan Primo said:

How do you feel when a car does that to a ped?

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on October 25, 2012 at 4:30am

+1

Self-entitled and stupidly aggressive pretty much typifies H. Sapiens.   Some are worse than others. 

Modern man has a lot more in common with the chimpanzee than the bonobo. 


Cameron Puetz said:

I'll admit that I don't really know you, but from the image you project online you come off as very self entitled and stupidly aggressive. Why anyone would think that deliberately ridding in a dangerous manner just to scare someone they don't like is a good idea is beyond me. I hope when you inevitably cause a crash that the injuries to all parties are minor.

 

I'm honestly not bothered by a lone pedestrian walking in a straight line to the edge of the east bound lane. I feel bad for them that they've been squeezed out by bad road design. Can you think of any other street in River North that doesn't have sidewalks on both sides and cross walks that are as completely disregarded as Kinzie? It seems like a terrible street to be a pedestrian on. Large groups walking more than one abreast, or pedestrians in the west bound lane annoy me, but the majority of pedestrians I see are in the east bound lane where they have no where to go and walking reasonably.

 


Permalink Reply by Jaik S. on October 26, 2012 at 7:10am

Look at this nice guy...Not only was he walking in the protected bike line...less than a foot from the perfectly clear sidewalk, but he was also texting...Oblivious to people riding bikes straight at him.

The thing that pisses me off about that is that if I get on that clear sidewalk that nobody is using it's a $150 fine. He's free to cause an accident walking in front of me though.

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