I lived for 12 years on NW 16th, and saw those lane separators installed about 3 years ago. EVEN WITH the posts in place, I saw cars go INTO the bike lane, on the OTHER side of those separators. I have a bike, and I don't ride it that often, but I don't share the outrage about their simple existence. A concrete curb would be harder for cars to "jump over", and obviously would not break the bank for the city (or county). Originally I thought it was a waste of resources to install them, but I've seen a steady increase in the use of these bicycle lanes by actual bicycles. They may not be perfect, but over time, as we get used to them, they help prevent car drivers assume they are omnipotent who don't need to share the road with non-car users.
NWDA Planning Committee member Roger Vrilakas asked, why do we persist with approaches that “aren’t working all that well?”
Well the new Portland excels at continuing the failed status quo (homelessness, lack of police, a dysfunctional 911 system, wasteful nonprofit spending). Why? We elect leaders that don’t want change but want to double down on failed policies (JVP, Kanal, Green, Morillo, Novick, Avalos, Koyama-Lame, etc)
I lived for 12 years on NW 16th, and saw those lane separators installed about 3 years ago. EVEN WITH the posts in place, I saw cars go INTO the bike lane, on the OTHER side of those separators. I have a bike, and I don't ride it that often, but I don't share the outrage about their simple existence. A concrete curb would be harder for cars to "jump over", and obviously would not break the bank for the city (or county). Originally I thought it was a waste of resources to install them, but I've seen a steady increase in the use of these bicycle lanes by actual bicycles. They may not be perfect, but over time, as we get used to them, they help prevent car drivers assume they are omnipotent who don't need to share the road with non-car users.
NWDA Planning Committee member Roger Vrilakas asked, why do we persist with approaches that “aren’t working all that well?”
Well the new Portland excels at continuing the failed status quo (homelessness, lack of police, a dysfunctional 911 system, wasteful nonprofit spending). Why? We elect leaders that don’t want change but want to double down on failed policies (JVP, Kanal, Green, Morillo, Novick, Avalos, Koyama-Lame, etc)