Comment 104571

By Pxtl (registered) - website | Posted September 18, 2014 at 10:40:58 in reply to Comment 104554

Farr stated during the debates that technically the leftmost lane of car traffic is a No Parking zone, not a No Stopping Zone. That means it is legal for drivers to pull over to the left lane outside of the bike lane for loading and unloading and dropoffs and what have you.

So if this truck had a good reason to be pulled over to the left and legitimately was there for only a short period of time, he actually simply had to stop in place in the left lane instead of pulling into the bike lane.

Sadly, there is no signage or information letting motorists know about this. The pizza guy can still stop on the left-hand driving lane to deliver to buildings on the South side of Cannon, but without realizing that he'll probably either pull over onto the right or try to stop in the bike lane.

A "no parking this lane" sign (similar to the bus lane signs) planted in the buffer between the bike lanes and the driving lanes might help, but staff seem averse to that kind of rigid structure in the buffer - I guess they're worried that a driver could destroy their vehicle if they lose control and start driving into the bike lane and hit a metal pole instead of squishy knockdown sticks and cyclists.

That and Cannon already seems to be an information overload of explanatory signage now.

Comment edited by Pxtl on 2014-09-18 10:42:21

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