Bicycle Austin forum / "Protected" bike lanes now live on Manor from Cherrywood to Airport

Re: "Protected" bike lanes now live on Manor from Cherrywood to Airport

dummy@example.com (MichaelBluejay) — Fri, 14 May 2021 05:27:27 +0000

Agreed—definitely better than nothing. To those who object, I'm reminded of the phrase, "Perfect is the enemy of good", otherwise known as the Nirvana Fallacy.

Re: "Protected" bike lanes now live on Manor from Cherrywood to Airport

dummy@example.com (chavela) — Fri, 14 May 2021 03:45:33 +0000

And so is there a plan for replacing the ones that are knocked down? I noticed several missing/in the road on Lake Austin Blvd. Maybe I should open a 311 ticket...

Imperfect, but I like them a lot better than having nothing there.

Re: "Protected" bike lanes now live on Manor from Cherrywood to Airport

dummy@example.com (Jack) — Fri, 14 May 2021 02:17:58 +0000

No surprise -- same as every other installation of those.

"Protected" bike lanes now live on Manor from Cherrywood to Airport

dummy@example.com (MichaelBluejay) — Thu, 13 May 2021 18:06:02 +0000

A few days ago, the City installed those flexible white poles along the bike lanes on Manor Road between Cherrywood and Airport.

After just a day, there were markings on several of the poles showing numerous hits by motor vehicles.