Comments on: Bikes lanes on Red River? It could happen.

By: M1EK

M1EK — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:59:56 +0000

You can already see a ton of people biking to shows in that area — I don’t know that bike lanes in areas with heavy loading traffic are better than what we have now; lights timed to encourage slow driving and taking the lane.

More bike parking on Red River and better security there would probably have a greater impact.

By: marcus

marcus — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:05:32 +0000

Well if possible I think bike lanes would be very helpful on Red River, because it would be welcoming and provide access for all levels of cyclists, and encourage more people to bike, not drive, to music events & bars etc.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:52:53 +0000

mailman tried to run me off the road on RR and ~9th once. i was as far right as possible, following all traffic laws. he yelled at me as he did it. it was awesome….still, for the most part, i don’t think a bike lane’s that vital (relative to some other streets); but it certainly wouldn’t hurt.

By: M1EK

M1EK — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:32:04 +0000

I always liked Red River – traffic, south of 12th, was always slow enough to just take the lane, and north of there there’s enough lanes where cars just went into the other lane. What’s the big problem with it these days?

By: fixies uk

fixies uk — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:02:26 +0000

The councils here rarely give cyclists priority, its silly – especially with global warming.

By: Monty

Monty — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:47:48 +0000

I prefer Trinity/San Jacinto to Red River anyways. But if the addition of lanes to Red River doesn’t take away lanes on Trinity/San Jacinto then I am all for it!

By: marcus

marcus — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:59:32 +0000

I agree. Actually I was going to write something later in the week about how silly this “priority” system is for dowtown at all. It should be simple. There don’t need to be ANY “car priority” streets in an urban downtown.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:46:31 +0000

dude! This is the street that caused my transformation from normal human being to anti-terror (anti-car) zealot! The terror I experienced while riding on this ‘bike route’ street was what pushed me over the edge!

I say don’t stop at bike lanes. Remove a lane of traffic from either direction, and drop in full, physically-protected cycletracks. They’re needed.

The only other reasonable option is to slow down the speed limit to 20 MPH — so, make the speed limit 10 MPH so cars only go 20 MPH.