Separated Bike Lanes: Could Jacksonville Benefit?

[FayeforCure]

these are often built in very high bicycle traffic areas....as an example, there are several of these on the UF campus in Gainesville.

That's the ONLY way they build them in the Netherlands..........been that way for decades, maybe even a century.

But too expensive for the US..........remember here nobody wants to pay any taxes.

[JMac]

I'd love to see seperated bike lanes.  I won't ride my bike on the road lanes around here, not with so many distracted and overly aggresive drivers.  I would like Faye to pay for them, though.  I hate paying taxes.

I also can't believe how careless and/or trusting? overconfident? stupid? some people are in the bike paths.  At rush hour on Gate Parkway by the FBI building, I saw a rollerblader, his back to traffic, veering into the traffic lane every time he strode to his left blade, causing cars to slam on their brakes to avoid clipping him.  I've also seen a lady on Baymeadows Road on a beach cruiser, in the bike lane, slowly pullling her baby in a trailer, traffic flying by, inches away from that poor child.

[dougskiles]

Another reason why we need separated bike lanes.  Some people confuse the bike lane symbol for a parking space.  This was today on Hendricks.  I've noticed it for several weeks now.  When I turned around to take the picture, I saw a police car drive past.  I guess it is not important enough to write a ticket for.

[thelakelander]

If the mobility plan passes, there will be money set aside that will go to construct multiuse paths throughout the city.  I took this picture yesterday in Tampa along Bayshore Drive.  Bike lane vs. wide sidewalk set back from the street.  Guess who wins for the average bike rider?

[Ocklawaha]

these are often built in very high bicycle traffic areas....as an example, there are several of these on the UF campus in Gainesville.

That's the ONLY way they build them in the Netherlands..........been that way for decades, maybe even a century.

But too expensive for the US..........remember here nobody wants to pay any taxes.

Yeah Faye, one would think if Bogota, Medellin and Cali, all have some of the worlds finest bike lanes and Bicicleta only highway events that Florida could at least afford a few...

Y'all might enjoy this link - in Spanish
http://www.esciclismo.com/zonas/Colombia/


OCKLAWAHA

[FayeforCure]

these are often built in very high bicycle traffic areas....as an example, there are several of these on the UF campus in Gainesville.

That's the ONLY way they build them in the Netherlands..........been that way for decades, maybe even a century.

But too expensive for the US..........remember here nobody wants to pay any taxes.

Yeah Faye, one would think if Bogota, Medellin and Cali, all have some of the worlds finest bike lanes and Bicicleta only highway events that Florida could at least afford a few...

Y'all might enjoy this link - in Spanish
http://www.esciclismo.com/zonas/Colombia/


OCKLAWAHA

I really need to visit Colombia..........I was born in Bogota and lived there 7 years.

The US is at a point where it can learn from so-called third-world countries that have passed them by on the green energy front in almost all ways.

Funny thing is that when I visit the Netherlands, where all of my family lives, I almost always get surprised comments about my 5 children:

Wow your kids are skinny, I thought everyone in the US is obese!!

You just have to laugh!!!

But it IS very telling how Americans are thought of in the rest of the world.

[Ocklawaha]

Here is something just in from PORTLAND, something that our new JTA "THINKERS" might want to note.





Faye, you might want to grab that citizenship if you don't already have Colombian papers so you'll be able to come down and hide when this place goes to hell under the evil Republicans.

OCKLAWAHA

[dougskiles]

I went to the reincarnated BPAC meeting last night (Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Council) for the City of Jacksonville.  The meeting was well attended (I counted 15) with representatives from COJ, JSO, FDOT, local bike shops, local cycling clubs, bicycle commuters/avid cyclists and health planning groups.

The group spent much of the meeting discussing how to organize (formal vs informal) and identifying the purpose/mission.  What I got from it is that the emphasis will initially be on education and public safety campaigns.  I am hopeful that eventually the conversation will turn to infrastructure improvements.

[thelakelander]

The mobility plan includes 100.81 miles of bike and 68.44 miles of pedestrian infrastructure improvements.  Feel free to share what appears to be breezing through council to the BPAC.

http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2010-may-2030-mobility-plan-pedestrian-network

http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2010-apr-2030-mobility-plan-bicycle-network

[Lunican]

It looks like Chicago's separated bike lines are well received. The bike lane is moving more people than the traffic lane.

Video: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=845105245507165