I agree with you on this and would actually rather see them turn all the bike lanes down Anderson/St Marys into, you know, sidewalks for all those people in all those houses to use. Most times I just see people walking in… the bike lanes lmao
Here’s the discussion. It’s a nice overview to get caught up about the Bike Raleigh plan’s history and how things are implemented.
There’s a quote by the presenter where she says, along the lines of, “The 2016 bike plan did take into account feasibility or constructability of bike infra.” I feel things could have been left at that and moved one.
Anyway, a new updated plan should be in place some time next year.
If you want to jump straight to the enforcement part, that is below in two videos, first from staff, second from the police. Looks like over the next year, the city will be testing out new tech to separate the bike lane from vehicles. I’m bummed that they call these designs “innovation”. 
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Hey @Brian, any chance you could solicit an update on why the bike lanes on the south side of Hillsborough St. were never restriped (with additional sharrows) like on the north side?
Thanks!
I have been asking/pushing for these lanes to be repainted for 3+years. The latest is the city is trying to coordinate this with the contractor, Live it Up H’boro St., and NCSU. They’re hoping to be able to do the work at night so as not to be too disruptive.
When a new project is being done the markings are handled by the department leading the project. When a project is being maintained or markings are being repainted, then it’s handled by a different department - street maintenance or something - and that unit has a big queue.
The updated markings on H’boro will likely be confusing. They’re supposed to repaint the existing bike lanes in the door zone and also add sharrows to the vehicle travel lane. So where are bikes supposed to go? Well, it’s up to you the rider. If you’re not comfortable in the bike lane you can take the travel lane and vice versa.
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This entire post is a head scratcher. But this part is utterly disturbing. Both cyclists and drivers will be confused. Who comes up with this nonsense?
Visiting the 2024 Parade of Homes on Ridge Road this weekend, I saw that most folks were parking in the bike lane on both sides with zero regard to cyclists. It was very disappointing to see that. While I failed to take a photo of these violations, I did get a snap of the RE agent cars parked on the freaking sidewalk for a house for sale on Woodburn near Wade Ave! That one infuriated me.
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Wonder what the response would be if people started parking car lanes?
The city would have them towed in no time. The same should apply to bike lanes and sidewalks. This is ridiculous.
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You should have walked over the car
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the enforcement statement from the police explains why the cadillac on milburnie has been able to be parked in the bike lane for months. guess i have to report it for them to do anything