A good day for a ride...

Here is my friend Barb in Northern Wisconsin. Obviously the term, "A good day for a ride", has a different meaning over there...

Max

Stupid bike paths

Creating a safe bike lane or cycle path is more than just painting a line (and a picture of a bike) on the road or footpath. It seems obvious to cyclists, but sometimes "they" just don't seem to get it.

We have a few examples in Coffs of bike lanes suddenly ending or being used as parking lanes... but the problem seems to be a worldwide epidemic. Perhaps we aren't doing too badly around here after all... though it might be interesting for us to take out our cameras when we are next riding around Coffs, to highlight some of the bike lane issues that we do have.

This photo was taken from a classic UK cycling campaign website section - 'Cycling Facility of the Month' - well worth a browse for a laugh (of the 'if you didn't laugh you'd cry' variety.) They have even published a book!

Other links on that site have some interesting discussions about the pros and cons of bike lanes. (Though on one of those reports I wish that cyclist was wearing a helmet!)

The video on this site highlights the curse of the 'short bike lane' in LA, California.

Tracey