u/3wbasie

This bike lane makes no sense where it currently is. I love bicycle infrastructure but every cyclist crosses by progressive field if they are coming off the Carnegie Ave "guardians bridge" As of right now the safest route into downtown for a cyclist is on Detroit via the veteran's memorial bridge there is no reason not to continue onto Detroit.

The alternative being braving the speeding traffic on w huron (where there is ZERO bike infrastructure) all the way to Ontario is a death wish. And for what? To get two blocks of non protected bike lane by taking a more dangerous and less efficient route to the heart of the downtown???

To make matters worse they made it two way and eliminated parking by the two biggest attractions to downtown. I bike to work and love this type of infrastructure but I think this is just going to make drivers hate cyclists even more. It could have easily been protected by parked cars or on a different street like Detroit. I think making a one way is fine but why eliminate parking that could be used as a protective measure for cyclists. Now, people are going to park in the bike lane anyway which defeats the purpose of having it at all. In the videos of the new mural being painted you can already see people parking in the bike lane.

This project makes about as much sense as the east bound bike lane before the guardians bridge. It just ends as soon as you need it. and any cyclist that values life and limb crosses to the other side and uses the separated pedestrian walkway. The mural does look nice though.