The powers that be have been installing these safety posts dividing the bike lane from the rest of traffic on Market Street. The latest ones (pictured above) can now be found on the stretch between Gough and Van Ness.
I like the spirit of this idea, since it creates a visual safety barrier and clearly denotes to vehicles that it is unnacceptable to use the bike lane to pass other slower vehicles on the right. Ultimately, this will foster an overall sense of cycling security and will probably encourage the more cautious riders to start commuting to work every day. Furthermore, this will definitely prevent delivery trucks from parking in the bike lane.
However, there is another side of me (the one that doesn’t think twice before splitting Muni buses with an inch of clearance on each side) that so far has only experienced these things getting in the way. Sometimes it is necessary to exit the bike lane and veer into the traffic lanes, such as when passing slower riders who are travelling side by side or when a car inches out of a driveway a litte too far without looking and you need to make instant evasive maneuvers.
like this jerkface
Was it really so bad before? I don’t recall ever feeling unsafe on this stretch of Market Street while riding in the bike lane. On the other hand, the ubiquitous placement of these posts would probably have come in handy when fellow blogger Adrienne Johnson of Change Your Life, Ride A Bike was antagonized and almost purposefully knocked off her bike by a douchebag cop in an undercover vehicle.
What do you guys think? At least they’re fun for slalom practice; that is, until THIS GUY shows up:
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those posts are supposed to keep bikes out of car lanes as much as keeping cars out of bike lanes. that jerkface u refer to is 1/10 the jerk u are when u veer into traffic.
nothing I hate more than seeing cyclists fucking up traffic on Oak st when Page st is only one frigging block away.
I’m on my bike 5 days a week, but I also drive often and see it from both perspectives.
i am not so sure that you know what you are talking about
As terrifying as the Ski Free robot is, it’s possible to get past him.
pics or it didn’t happen!
I managed to do it once accidentally. But the important thing is that the trick is on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkiFree
there should be enough space to ride between the posts when you want to pass slower riders or veer into traffic
More whiny self-entitlement from Missing Missing. The fact that this broke-ass city cares enough to put these cones up in the first place wasn’t enough for you?
Tell you what; if you promise to start observing basic traffic safety (stopping at stop signs, red lights, etc.) then I’ll lead a ballot measure to install toe-sucking stations for cyclists near all bike racks.
Stallowned!
but you’re the one posting as ‘Missing Missing’? so the whining and self-entitlement is from…?
Tell you what Missing Missing – if you promise to start never speeding or breaking a traffic violation I’ll lead a ballot measure to have your mom stop sucking my cock and suck yours instead.
I hope that these cones do help get more people on their bikes!
Just stay off the sidewalks, ‘k?
“yay for soft-hit posts!”, sez I.
separation is a great strategy for making all road / sidewalk participants happy and safe.
they’re pretty easy to maneuver around..