BIKE: Re-evaluation of SCB CE's

[Patrick Goetz]

My biggest concern is still illumination:  what happens when some 
unsuspecting bicyclist, biking at night and expecting obstruction-free 
bike lanes, slams in to one of these things?  The reflectors help a bit, 
but they really should have some kind of street lighting, however subtle.

I have the same problem with the black rubber road humps.  Try biking 
down Park street at night (the standard route to get to HEB from Hyde 
Park, NUNA, Northfield, Hampton, East Woods, and West Campus by bicycle) 
and you'll see what I'm talking about.  The city has installed road 
humps near the bottom of a hill at a spot where there is absolutely no 
illumination.  Even though I know the humps are there, it's still 
completely unnerving to bike down this street at night.  The fact that 
there haven't been any serious injuries yet on this street speaks only 
to how few people in our community use bicycles for transportation.  As 
usual, it will take a serious injury + lawsuit before anything is done 
about this.

Lane Wimberley wrote:
> Bike folks,
> 
> I have been riding SCB daily for some weeks now, and I have changed my 
> mind, I now like the CEs in the bike lanes.  It was a good thing to do.
> 
> Here's why, If a car is coming your way you can get near the CE and the 
> cars stay away, it has a zone of protection around it.  I have used this 
> several times. Lets face it, car drivers are not getting any smarter and 
> the situation is getting worse out there.  But the CEs do provide a 
> safety zone when cars are around.
>