http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/seattles-se...
Source: Seattletimes.com. by Mike Lindblom
"Four speed humps will be added to the 2nd Ave bike lane, to slow cyclists in locations where the lane mixes with pedestrians and parking garage driveways."
"Seattle's downtown 2nd Ave. bike lane is being tricked out this month with speed humps, planter boxes, and simpler traffic lights as the city attempts to make the route more popular."
"They're meant to reduce the risks posed by downhill riders, along a lane that becomes unsafe at speeds much beyond 15 mph."
How would cyclists react here if something similar would be installed in a busy downtown area?
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Actually, some would enjoy the challenge of hopping the speed humps, but just wait until someone loses it and crashes over one and watch the lawsuits roll in.
Also, what separated bike lane is safe anywhere near 15mph when peds are nearby?
Yeah, speed bumps (especially if this is downhill) sound incredibly dangerous.
Ok, correction, "Speed humps". Hmmm, still, going downhill (and in the rain), this seems like a bad idea but maybe I'm wrong.
Along those lines, there's been a conspicuous lack of empirical data on how much safer the protected bike lane on Kinzie (7/25/11) and Dearborn (12/19/12) have made cyclists. I suspect that if they had, we would have heard all about it from CDOT and ATA.
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