Was visiting a wisconsin town this weekend and observed this nightmare-ish bike lane configuration.. the road’s speed limit is 25mph, but has a massive 500’ acceleration lane. Gonna guess how many people actually obey the speed limit here?
The dashed lines denoting merging across the bike lane are a whopping 482 feet long!
15 Comments
teft@startrek.website · 31 pts · 3y
Why is a four lane road 25 mph?
Edgarallenpwn@midwest.social · 11 pts · 3y
Gotta give more lanes to assholes who are going to do 45
Salad_Fries@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y
The four lane road continues as the “main st” of the city. (About 1/4 mile behind this pic).
The main st is a busy pedestrian corridor filled with tourists & cheesy family attractions.
Location here: (43.6268823, -89.7840315)
Tb0n3@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 3y
It's a hill and big trucks take a while to climb hills.
ape_arms@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 3y
I wonder if they made the lane long to allow for more merging options with the bike lane. I wouldn't want to be in that bike lane, but it may be safer with a longer lane ( at least in theory).
AceBonobo@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y
It's possible. However, all that is lost if drivers are doing more than double the speed limit.
yenahmik@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 3y
I'm shocked the speed limit is only 25mph. That would be a 40+mph road in my area.
hglman@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y
There are 60mph roads with less, its not like car infrastructures has any real thought behind it.
lemann@lemmy.one · 8 pts · 3y
R.I.P. any bike commuter who dares to use that lane during rush hour
nei7jc@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Is it legal to use the main road lane when a bike lane is available?
frostbiker@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 3y
In most jurisdictions, yes. Bikes can typically ride anywhere except motorways.
SpeedLimit55@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y
My office is off a road like this except no bike lanes. It's a mile and a half of commercial 4 lane road followed by 2 lane residential and the speed limit is 25 on the whole thing. Everyone goes 40+ in the commercial section which at least has a grass median and sidewalks on both sides. People bike on the sidewalks even though its against city ordinances because they like to stay alive. The residential section has a stop sign every 500 feet.
jerkface@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 3y
Almost as bad as this nightmare in my town. Another view in this article about the world's worst bike lanes. Nothing has been done about it in years AFAIK.
harsh3466@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Ah. The dells. That whole place is a shit show.
Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 3y
Don't worry, everyone made a pinky promise not to speed, especially when no one is looking 😉