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bmore t1_jatr9yn wrote

Reply to comment by orlitzky in Have you ever ridden eastbound on 20th street ... by refutalisk

While crashes tend to be slightly higher at intersections on our two way protected facilities because the city is too cowardly to ban left turns, serious injury and fatal crashes are worse on roads with standard or no facilities and ridership is also much higher on the separated infrastructure.

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orlitzky t1_jattctf wrote

Aside from the left-turn issue, two-way bike lanes are usually fine because you can swerve a little to avoid surprises there, too. I was specifically talking about the one-way lanes on the inside like the ones they had to bulldoze on Roland ave. I believe those stats.

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bmore t1_jauj1mk wrote

Roland ones sucked and were designed substandard to preserve car travel lanes. Check out Central Ave. That's the standard design for a real facility with one way in either direction.

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orlitzky t1_javmda5 wrote

No argument there, but Central took like seven years and deleted a vehicle lane. It's a little more ambitious than "move the bike lane 6-8 feet south."

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