If you drive down Cherokee Avenue in Atlanta's Grant Park neighborhood and see a car precariously balanced on two wheels atop a concrete divider, don't
Local city made a new “safe” crossing for a priority cycle path where it crosses a local road with medium relatively slow traffic. The local road now has a mini very soft speed bump, lots of white and red paint and a sign saying you have to yield to the cycle path. On the cycle path they actually even put the “you have the priority” sign. None of this solves the issue of it being a for the cars super unexpected weird priority to give, and the view on the incoming cyclists being super obstructed by level difference and bushes. Not even mentioning distracted or drunk or foreign drivers. I tried emailing the city CYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE responsible person about what a death trap they conceived there. He’d have none of it, saying it’s super save now because of all the paint and the signs. Meanwhile, parallel street to this one actually already has a non-level conflict free crossing over the cycle path… Which they’re closing to cars and thus sending more cars towards the super dangerous level crossing… I’ll experience a very weird mixture of sadness and “I told you so” in a few months to a few years I think… At a similar crossing a bit further it already happened, car hit cargo bike with 2 kids in it (they were severily injured). The car driver “oversaw” them while visibility is better there than at this new crossing :( It’s incredible how much traffic planners assume car drivers to be good drivers at all times.
Tell the dude that if a cyclist dies in that crossing that you’ll send a copy of the email chain to the local news outlets, so that they’ll know he was on notice that it was dangerous and still did nothing.
Local city made a new “safe” crossing for a priority cycle path where it crosses a local road with medium relatively slow traffic. The local road now has a mini very soft speed bump, lots of white and red paint and a sign saying you have to yield to the cycle path. On the cycle path they actually even put the “you have the priority” sign. None of this solves the issue of it being a for the cars super unexpected weird priority to give, and the view on the incoming cyclists being super obstructed by level difference and bushes. Not even mentioning distracted or drunk or foreign drivers. I tried emailing the city CYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE responsible person about what a death trap they conceived there. He’d have none of it, saying it’s super save now because of all the paint and the signs. Meanwhile, parallel street to this one actually already has a non-level conflict free crossing over the cycle path… Which they’re closing to cars and thus sending more cars towards the super dangerous level crossing… I’ll experience a very weird mixture of sadness and “I told you so” in a few months to a few years I think… At a similar crossing a bit further it already happened, car hit cargo bike with 2 kids in it (they were severily injured). The car driver “oversaw” them while visibility is better there than at this new crossing :( It’s incredible how much traffic planners assume car drivers to be good drivers at all times.
Tell the dude that if a cyclist dies in that crossing that you’ll send a copy of the email chain to the local news outlets, so that they’ll know he was on notice that it was dangerous and still did nothing.