Cycling solutions - One Way Streets
What do you do when you want to go south on a northbound one-way street (say, Pelissier)
This solution is called a contra-flow bike lane, and they retrofit this one in Boulder, Colorado by removing a bunch of on-street parking. Pretty sweet, eh?
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I like it, Chris. I’m always in favour of solutions that provide a discrete path for cyclists. The white line indicating the “bike lane” just doesn’t seem to register with many motorists in this city. Pelissier is just one of many places where we can fit a nifty path like this. But I’ll stop at that. [grin]
Now wouldn’t that be nice? I am sure that would be even better on Riverside Drive but we know where that went. I believe that all one-way streets downtown should have that design incorporated. It makes for a nice buffer but very pleasing to the eye….better than those so-called planters
Chris, is that what was planned for the widening of Riverside Dr a few years back before all of the hullabaloo?
Nope - The RDVIP was for on-road commuter bike lanes, in addition to other traffic calming devices meant to improve the pedestrian/cyclist experience.
Chris, what happened to RDVIP? It seems like a much needed measure on Riverside Dr from U of Windsor to Hiram Walker. I know I feel like I risking my life and my family’s life when ever we try to cross Riverside Dr to walk or bike at the riverside park. It is such a waste to have such a treasure in the city but yet have a moat of speeding cars isolating it from the communities around it.
Hi Edwin, RDVIP was still a go last I heard, there were some challenges to small parts of the plan that went before the OMB but I have yet to hear how those went. As far as construction is concerned, if it is a go, hopefully that should start next spring. The city seems to have no end to funding gigantic projects to make life easier for motorists, we need to start calling and writing our councillors to ask where the one million dollars per year is for funding of cycling projects as per BUMP. I’ll try and get some info regarding the challenges and will write something on the blog.
why not get rid of all one way streets which is proven to hurt downtowns and only benefit the transportation engineering mentality of getting people moving from one area to another as quick as they can….not much good for those retailers downtown looking for passerbys in cars to see their storefronts.
I agree 100%, Jay.
Last I heard about RDVIP it was a 20yr plan. How many of those have we seen with this city. It reminds me of one of Stalin’s 5th 20 year plan in just over two years. Some of the Double Speak. Seriously, the plan is fantastic but we need to see it move forward. Boomer is correct that we are waiting for the anti- group to finally see the light and drop their OMB case. To the best of my knowledge it was a select few of the riverside residents, ie the ones who have will be loosing land in the deal.
The Windsor Bicycling Committee was working on making all of the one ways in the city to be multi-directional bike paths. Last time I looked into it the issue was taking the parking off the roads. That is either side of the road would be great for cyclists, but the residents and city administration was the roadblock on this. Trouble is that the City admin often lacks the “ability to take on an issue and make it work”
The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. Ghandi
Tom
Tom, of course residents would argue about removing on-street parking. Where else will they park?
The problem in older areas of Windsor is that the city has neglected or ignored the use of alleys which is where most parking was done. There are hardly any driveways so people must park on the street. But installing a driveway is not cheap. Not even a gravel one. You have permits, inspections, and then of course your land taxes go up because of the driveway.
I never understood the reasoning of higher taxes if a person installs a driveway. It takes a car off the road, gives better access to the roadway and causes less damage (weight of vehicle, oil spills, garbage…) yet we have to pay more.