Riverplace Blvd Bicycle & Pedestrian Improvements

[PeeJayEss]

I certainly don't disagree with you.  The average rider commuting to work or going on a casual ride would be fine and most likely prefer riding on that path.  However, this stretch of road sees a lot of more serious cyclists on group and solo rides.  At 18-24mph or whatever rate they will not use that bike path, period.  They will continue to ride in the lane, I am speaking as someone who occasionally does those group rides.  So with this plan you're going to end up with groups taking up the whole lane and impeding traffic when they would otherwise be in a bike lane.  I'm sure that turning lane is going to make a great place for cars to pass though

Path looks to be sized for at least 2 wide riding. I don't see that being a major impediment to friend group rides. For such a short stretch of road, big groups aren't going to make the transition to the protected lanes no matter how big they are. Commuters and errand riders are the ones you want to be designing for anyway, not the 1-2 groups of people each day (using the area for less than a couple minutes) that aren't even following the rules of the road.

Plans looks amazing for Jax.

[brainstormer]

This plan seems to fit nicely with conceptual designs for The District. It would be nice to see consistency throughout that portion of the Southbank. Can't wait for construction to begin.

[blfair]

For such a short stretch of road, big groups aren't going to make the transition to the protected lanes no matter how big they are. Commuters and errand riders are the ones you want to be designing for anyway

I agree, group riders are going to ride in the road. Nothing against that, but if we designed bike facilities for group rides we'd end up with something much different than what's needed for the average joe.

[Kerry]

We need to stop designing expensive excercise equipment and start designing bike-based transportation systems for people who use bicycles as a means of conveyance.  Imagine if roads were built only for racecar drivers.

[UNFurbanist]

We need to stop designing expensive excercise equipment and start designing bike-based transportation systems for people who use bicycles as a means of conveyance.  Imagine if roads were built only for racecar drivers.

+1

[acme54321]

Does anyone know when this is supposed to start?  They had cones all over the road from Prudential all the way around the curve on Monday.  Not sure if it has anything to do with this project or not.