[NFBWATLK] About floating bus stops.

[Debby Phillips]

When Craig and I were in Amsterdam a couple years ago, bicyclists ruled the road, and they were quite rude and obnoxious. In fact they basically said that the road belonged to them. My thought is that having to cross bike lanes could prove quite dangerous. There has to be a better way. Even here without the bus stops, bike riders aren’t all that careful about watching for pedistrians, I had a close encounter with a bike. If it hadn’t been for Nova’s quick reaction it might have been bad because I never heard the bike coming at me because of all the noise from nearby traffic as we were crossing an alley. People on bikes should be required to use their bells and horns.    Debby

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> On Jun 13, 2018, at 11:36 PM, Mary ellen via NFBWATLK <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> The city of Victoria has installed curbs to separate bike lanes from
> traffic.  In order to get to the bus stop in the middle of a block, a
> pedestrian must cross the bike lane.  Although bicyclists are supposed to
> yield to pedestrians, they rarely even slow down.  Since bikes cannot be
> heard on a street with a lot of traffic, the result for blind passengers is
> similar to the effect of encountering a silent electric vehicle.  Although
> bikes cannot cause the same level of damage as automobiles, getting hit by
> one is still not pleasant.  
> 
> If a pedestrian is being let out of a car in order to enter a business, it
> is necessary to cross the bike lane where no crosswalk exists.  
> 
> It's a thoroughly bad design!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBWATLK [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Judy Jones
> via NFBWATLK
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 10:52 PM
> To: 'Kris Colcock'
> Cc: Judy Jones
> Subject: [NFBWATLK] About floating bus stops.
> 
> These seem even more dangerous than I'd thought.  One would have to cross a
> bike lane to get to the floating stop.  Bike traffic has to yield to the
> pedestrian trying to get from the curb, across the bike lane to the stop.
> These modular stops have been made out of recycled plastics, see article of
> those coming to Oakland.
> 
> https://peopleforbikes.org/blog/floating-bus-stops-made-plastic-panels-hit-s
> treet-oakland/
> 
> 
> 
> Judy
> 
> 
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