This is Seattle’s Burke-Gilman trail. Along it, bikes and pedestrians are told to share the trail, to walk on the right and the opposite, so everybody walks whichever way they feel like at any point. Can you imagine what would happen if Seattle treated cars the same way?.
Do you want to have to pave bikeways over and over again because they are full of bumps and holes every other year?. Just make sure to install them very close to tall trees. Actually, even worse, just plant another row of trees on the other side too.
If you have a recreational boat Seattle’s bridges will raise for you stopping all traffic no matter what.
If you have a car the barriers will go up for you first.
If you walk, bike or are in a wheel chair, Seattle will treat you like a third class citizen. Specially if you use the Ballard bridge.
Do you know what happens when a bike way is made out of paint? Cars park on it. And if you add flexi-posts? Cars run them over when they park on it and they are all gone in a couple of months. Just have a look at the red car parked in the middle of the bike way after running over some flexi-posts.
Do you want to give bikers a daily headache?. Then simply discontinue the bike way when it reaches an intersection. Even worse, also put a traffic light in the middle of it.
