I see on your mastodon profile that you have a cargo bike. Those barriers must be double the fun with those. Are there any that you can’t even pass around you?
@AchtungDrempels Found it on Lemmy but intended to quote toot it here as e.g. @KristerIsaksson likes doom-gates ( :blobcat_winking:) … then I fumbled and accidentally replied to the lemmy post instead. 😅
@DarkThoughts@AchtungDrempels I suspect most planners don’t bike so they simply don’t understand the dynamics. They think they’ve done a good job making it “safe”
They are made to be hard to pass, so cyclists have to slow way down before riding onto the crossing street. They are not meant to keep cars out, maybe as an afterthought.
That’s very specifically the intent. The road looks to have blind corners to the cycle path. They want a cyclist ideally to dismount and look before proceeding.
These also make it more difficult for mopeds to enter the path.
I see on your mastodon profile that you have a cargo bike. Those barriers must be double the fun with those. Are there any that you can’t even pass around you?
@AchtungDrempels
Oh yeah now i saw. These pictures did not show up for me on lemmy, had to look at mastodon.
How did you even find this post on mastodon if i may ask?
@AchtungDrempels Found it on Lemmy but intended to quote toot it here as e.g. @KristerIsaksson likes doom-gates ( :blobcat_winking:) … then I fumbled and accidentally replied to the lemmy post instead. 😅
@AchtungDrempels Yeah, there are some. At least around here the barriers are usually openable, still sucks though.
I don’t understand why they don’t use 1-2 bollards instead of those snakey barriers. Even with regular bikes they’re hard to pass.
@DarkThoughts @AchtungDrempels I suspect most planners don’t bike so they simply don’t understand the dynamics. They think they’ve done a good job making it “safe”
So they can open them I guess for landscaping etc
There’s bollards that can be folded down, or retract into the ground for regular traffic like buses or service vehicles.
Sure, but those are pretty expensive I’d imagine
What?
A removable bollard is just a post in a hole
They are made to be hard to pass, so cyclists have to slow way down before riding onto the crossing street. They are not meant to keep cars out, maybe as an afterthought.
@DarkThoughts @AchtungDrempels @joakimfors Try to pass them on a MTB with a 800 mm wide handlebar. It’s basically suicide.
That’s very specifically the intent. The road looks to have blind corners to the cycle path. They want a cyclist ideally to dismount and look before proceeding.
These also make it more difficult for mopeds to enter the path.