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‘They are not safe’: Richmond Hill residents at traffic meeting want bike lanes installed this year removed immediately (www.yorkregion.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Showroom7561@lemmy.ca to c/torontocycling@lemmy.ca

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“They are not safe. They are anything but for safety,” said a woman who added vehicles in the two-block section sometimes drive in the middle of Springbrook to avoid the bollards.

Oh, so drivers behind of the wheel of an automobile are the danger. Why remove the bike lanes rather than the car lanes?

I heard that Etobicoke's NIMBYs are insane, but this is a new level of stupidity from Richmond Hill.

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[–] pat277@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh, they are called Bollards.

Hate em, they are put in the middle of the bike lane making it literally unusable as a bike lane, so bikes have to swerve into the lane and out, or just stay on the road. What a useful bike lane.

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

I don't understand. They work in large cities, but can't work on a tiny street in Richmond Hill?

The ones in question are placed only at turns, which prevent cars from right hooking cyclists or turning from the bike lane or parking in the bike lane.

This would, in no way, prevent cyclists from cycling. I don't even know why you'd need to "swerve into the lane and out" when the bike lane is actually quite clear because of them. If the bollards were replaced with a curb (like in an actually separated bike lane), would you still need to swerve in and out of the lane??