They cross, but motor vehicles yield to bikes. I will say, I think a place needs a certain critical mass of bikes for those in motor vehicles to making looking for them their default behavior.
They put in protected bike lanes on big street near me. Bike lane-parking-traffic. So many ‘bike allies ‘ saying “it makes me more nervous to drive, I have to look for the cyclists now”.
In a large part of the US at least, it’s never going to be default behavior.
It makes me nervous as a cyclist, too. I think I’m safer taking the lane and navigating like a car than crossing a car’s path from a segregated right of way.
A roundabout does not protect people riding bicycles. This intersection is designed to make them more visible to drivers.
Can’t it have a protected bike lane instead of just throwing them in with the cars?
Can you draw that? How does it work when a bicycle wants to go straight and a car wants to turn right? You would need underpasses/overpasses.
https://youtu.be/FR5l48_h5Eo?si=gNaN6RmVyDaHM47S
https://youtu.be/XhqTc_wx5EU?si=jEMzURDTLh_bkF1b
They cross, but motor vehicles yield to bikes. I will say, I think a place needs a certain critical mass of bikes for those in motor vehicles to making looking for them their default behavior.
They put in protected bike lanes on big street near me. Bike lane-parking-traffic. So many ‘bike allies ‘ saying “it makes me more nervous to drive, I have to look for the cyclists now”.
In a large part of the US at least, it’s never going to be default behavior.
It makes me nervous as a cyclist, too. I think I’m safer taking the lane and navigating like a car than crossing a car’s path from a segregated right of way.
You’re assuming that most people are decent law abiding drivers and won’t be impatient and simply use that as another lane or parking spot.
Not if “protected” means “separated by a barrier”.
I’m interested in your design of a roundabout with a protected bike lane. Does it have over passes or underpasses?
Detect when a biker is approaching, let spikes spring up.
Wanna bet? 😂
You could still put an obstruction in the middle to prevent t-bone collisions while keeping the bike and pedestrian spaces.