30th St. bike lane nominated for Onion

[Dirk Bonebrake]

The unsafe 30th St. bike lane has been nominated for an Onion in the annual Orchids and Onions 'competition'. (https://sdarchitecture.org/programs/orchids-onions/nominations/). Nominations are permitted comments from the public; I don't know how much the judges weigh comments in their deliberations, but I appreciated expressing my displeasure of the infrastructure to a (primarily) non-cyclling audience.

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[Serge Issakov]

I've never ridden it.

Besides the coma-inducing fracture-causing cleverly-placed obstacles (posts), why is it particularly unsafe?

Serge

On Sun, Oct 6, 2024 at 6:51 PM Dirk Bonebrake <dirkb...@gmail.com> wrote:

The unsafe 30th St. bike lane has been nominated for an Onion in the annual Orchids and Onions 'competition'. (https://sdarchitecture.org/programs/orchids-onions/nominations/). Nominations are permitted comments from the public; I don't know how much the judges weigh comments in their deliberations, but I appreciated expressing my displeasure of the infrastructure to a (primarily) non-cyclling audience.

NB: Comments seem to be screened by a moderator, and my comment is not (yet) viewable.

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[Thomas Reynolds]

I've ridden that many times many years ago.  I lived in that neighborhood during college, commuting to UCSD.  

That picture is where 30th goes over an urban canyon, slight downhill followed by slight uphill.  In my experience, it was wide enough for comfortable riding without a marked bike lane.  

I think the bike lane and bollards were attempting to solve a problem that didn't exist.

BTW, thanks for the Orchids and Onions link.

Tom

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[Dirk Bonebrake]

I'm mostly familiar with the southbound section of the lane from Adams to University, which uses the parked-car method of bike lane 'protection' which eliminates safe sightlines (and introduces other hazards).

As Thomas pointed out, the photographed lane section is not as egregiously unsafe as the more northern sections that pass through retail portions of the neighborhood.

D