Comments on: Brushing Up On The Rules Of The Road For Cyclists http://pacificpedaling.com/2009/09/10/brushing-up-on-the-rules-of-the-road-for-cyclists/ Watching The Wheels Go Round and Round In The Pacific Northwest Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:42:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: B on B http://pacificpedaling.com/2009/09/10/brushing-up-on-the-rules-of-the-road-for-cyclists/comment-page-1/#comment-2768 B on B Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:38:41 +0000 http://pacificpedaling.com/?p=1034#comment-2768 For more on this difficult intersection, see <a href="http://breakfastonbikes.blogspot.com/2009/08/mission-and-commercial-saginaws-weak.html" rel="nofollow">this analysis of the problem for northbound traffic</a>. Your post also illustrates some of the problems of the bike lane and what I call the "library problem" - the civic center and library are always on the left, northbound or southbound, but the bike lane is always on the right. The law that requires bicyclists to use the bike lane, and Salem's near exclusive reliance on bike lanes, together act to discourage appropriate lane selection and make merging movements when we need to exit the bike lane more difficult and dangerous. Thanks for this great discussion! For more on this difficult intersection, see this analysis of the problem for northbound traffic.

Your post also illustrates some of the problems of the bike lane and what I call the “library problem” – the civic center and library are always on the left, northbound or southbound, but the bike lane is always on the right. The law that requires bicyclists to use the bike lane, and Salem’s near exclusive reliance on bike lanes, together act to discourage appropriate lane selection and make merging movements when we need to exit the bike lane more difficult and dangerous.

Thanks for this great discussion!

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