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c/fuckcars · by Wudi@feddit.uk · 91d

Plastic Bollards Installed To Block Chicago Drivers Using Elston Bike Lane To Skirt Traffic

https://blockclubchicago.org/2026/05/28/plastic-posts-installed-to-block-drivers-from-using-elston-bike-lane-to-skirt-traffic/

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18 Comments

birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 42 pts · 91d (5 replies)

A good step; the next is installing trees and hedges instead. More shadow and a better cushioning!

tate@lemmy.sdf.org · 14 pts · 91d (4 replies)

I think one purpose for that type of plastic bollard is it allows emergency vehicles to drive right through.

OwOarchist@pawb.social · 11 pts · 91d (2 replies)

It's also less hazardous to both motorists and bicyclists if someone ends up accidentally hitting them.

Let's say a cat runs out in front of you, and as you swerve to avoid it, you hit a slippery patch, lose traction, and fall over:

  • If you fall over on your bike and hit a plastic bollard, the plastic will fold over. It will hurt a little, but no big deal.

  • If you fall over and hit some bushes in a hedge, you'll likely have some nasty scrapes and gashes from sticks.

  • If you fall over and it a tree, you may end up with broken bones.

huppakee@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 91d (1 reply)

But for a driver:

  • you slide over a plastic bollard and might hit a cyclist
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 6 pts · 91d

True. Which is why my favorite kind of bike lane separation is a curb or a ditch.

blarghly@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 91d

If this is a legitimate concern, they could intersperse the plastic bollards with trees

wolfeh@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 16 pts · 91d

It would be interesting if, hypothetically, someone installed some steel rebar in place of the plastic... and just slid the plastic around the steel to hide it.

Hypothetically.

jtrek@startrek.website · 7 pts · 91d

He suggested at the time that the city [...] station a police officer there to write tickets.

I mean .. fuck the police but i would love to see asshole drivers getting fucked

While it’s not clear if any law enforcement has been dispatched to the area

But also the police are useless at best

systemglitch@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 90d (1 reply)

My city installed those. Every single one of them has been driven over and wrecked.

Rooster326@programming.dev · 3 pts · 90d

Need to make them out of metal >!And explosives!<

nicpicname@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 90d

Always enough money for the new highway, never anything for a planned minor strip of bike lanes on a couple streets or two.

infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 91d

That's just a challenged-accepted for your average lifted truck driver, when it comes to dividing cars from bikes anything less that a cement jersey barrier is the equivalent of just asking politely.

teft@piefed.social · 4 pts · 91d (4 replies)

What happens when they plow?

nightwatch_admin@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 91d

They will have a baby in 9 months?

TheGoldenV@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 91d (2 replies)

Sometimes they scrape them up and sometimes they have a route map warning of their location. Plus there are municipal equipment that can clear the bike lanes.

HubertManne@piefed.social · 1 pts · 91d (1 reply)

I thought they were removable.

TheGoldenV@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 91d

A few bolts and yes. Makes for easy replacement, but you don’t take them up and down for the season or anything.

lechekaflan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 90d

I'd drop in concrete barriers instead.