Update on the dual bike lanes from Paul Black
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Cool - Iām going to check those out this week.
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Honestly, with these installed on both sides, this is one of the biggest automobile diets Iāve seen in Raleigh.
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Very true. Just finished riding this corridor from Carolina Pines Park area over to Gorman Street and back. Crews were out working on the installation of more bollards. Of course there was a car parked in a section that hadnāt receive bollards yet - maybe it belongs to one of the crew?
If we want people to drive at the posted speed limit we should put protected lanes like this on every street. Lineberry is a fairly hilly and winding road. The bollards encourage drivers to slow down because their car is approaching an object in the curved sections of road much more quickly than with no bollards in place. Even if the object is just a short plastic post it still seems to slow people down and convey the sense that they have less room for error.
These lanes also provide a much more equitable distribution of road space. A lot of folks run or walk in the sidewalk on this road. Often they have dogs and/or kids in strollers. I didnāt have to jockey for space with people on the sidewalks because I had a dedicated lane. Nice at anytime, but especially appreciated during social distancing.
My hope is that even people who will never use protected bike lanes will get on board with them for the added benefits of slowing traffic, and giving all road users adequate space.
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We need more of the bollards on existing bike lanes. Should be a standard feature. Too many times I see cars parked or leaf piles in the bike lanes.
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I completely agree. I rode in some non-protected lanes on the same trip (Thistledown). Not the same feeling of protection.
Canāt imagine that cost would be an issue. Materials are cheap and installation is quick.
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I can think of a few spots on the Person / Blount corridor that could desperately use some bollards, even if they werenāt installed on the entire length of the streets.
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Just a little while go, didnāt Raleigh have zero miles of protected bike lanes? Does anyone know if the city is keeping tally on the number of miles as these are implemented?
I can request this at the next BPAC meeting. Iām sure it is being tracked, but I have not seen an external stat.
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I believe this is technically correct if you donāt count greenways and multi-use paths as protected bike lanes.
The city reallocated $500k of funding in the FY 2021 budget from the capital improvement streetscapes program to bikeway implementation. Iām guessing this has something to do with why weāre seeing these projects (N-S Greenway, Lineberry, Morgan, Crabtree Blvd) installed now.
@RaleighBikeLady Is this correct?
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Most of these have funding from the prior fiscal year, they may be using some of the $500,000 for Lineberry, Morgan and Crabtree. If you watch the BPAC meeting from this month there are updates on a few additional seperated facilities that will be moving forward in the near term. One is an extension of the N/S connector on West St to the underpass at Wade.
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From the meeting notes, here is an updated map for separated infrastructure planned for the next 10 years (some updates on here from the Bike Plan):
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Iām a fan of the bollards. There are many streets where people donāt respect the bike lanes and cars will constantly be parked over them.
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Hell, half the time thereās a GoRaleigh bus parked in the bike lane across from Moore Square on Blount St.
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Loving the E-W connection within DT.
This corroborates Wilmington St. as the South BRT corridor with Bike/Ped improvements.
I know us SW OTB Raleigh folks sound like broken record players, but man itās disappointing to see the Lake Wheeler bridge skipped again on a 10 year plan for improvement. The bike/ped gap aligns perfectly with the transit gap in this location:
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Agree! Please make sure to email your concerns to Paul Black, Paul.Black@RaleighNC.gov. Heās your point person internally on this stuff and itās important for a variety of folks to voice support for corridors in need of attention.
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Thanks, and done! ! !
This is all so encouraging. Itās too bad that this wasnāt done when I was younger, but Iām excited for the future generations.
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