[MissoulaGov] Committee Update 12-2-09

[Jeremy Keene]

The protected bikeway will be constructed with asphalt adjacent to the
existing curb. The curb line, combined with use of different materials
(asphalt bikeway vs. concrete sidewalk) should create a well-defined
edge between the bikeway and the sidewalk. In addition, street trees,
planters, and street furniture will also provide separation between
bikes and the walking zone on the sidewalk.
 
For anyone who was unable to attend the Public Works Committee meeting,
our slide presentation and project information sheet are available at
www.wgmgroup.com 
 
Jeremy Keene, P.E., LEED AP
Principal Engineer
WGM Group, Inc.
http://www.wgmgroup.com <http://www.wgmgroup.com/> 

 

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[mailto:missoulagov-bounces at cmslists.com] On Behalf Of John Fletcher
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 8:48 AM
To: missoulagov at cmslists.com
Subject: Re: [MissoulaGov] Committee Update 12-2-09


At 10:40 PM 12/2/2009, you wrote:


	...The bike lane will be at sidewalk level and will be paved
with asphalt.


Won't this conflate pedestrian traffic (on the sidewalk) with bicycle
traffic (on the adjacent bike lane), thereby increasing the
already-hazardous incidence of bicycles being ridden on downtown
sidewalks where there are no setbacks from building entrances?
The advantage of separating these two types of traffic by a curb is that
a bicyclist at street level dismounts, lifts the bike over a curb, and
walks the bike to a sidewalk parking rack (or--at a street-level bike
rack such as outside Taco del Sol in the 400 block of N.
Higgins--dismounts, parks the bike, then steps over the curb to join
pedestrians on the sidewalk).  The curb acts as more than just a
physical barrier, for it marks a psychological boundary between two
patterns of motive behavior. 
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