cloud713 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 a recent article/blog about the new bicycle lanes, with a image of bike lanes (or utility ROWs that could be bike lanes?) across the city. its the first time ive seen a potential map..(sorry if there is already a thread on this. i know ive seen the Utility ROW conversion to bike lanes mentioned on HAIF before but there doesnt seem to be a thread dedicated to it in this subforum.http://usa.streetsblog.org/2014/07/29/houstons-plan-to-make-bicycle-interstates-out-of-its-utility-network/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lithiumaneurysm Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Definitely an exciting project. It has the potential to provide a lot of connectivity between neighborhoods and beautify those huge expanses of land that just sit there looking weedy for most of the year. It'd be cool if the city could create a Terry Hershey Park-like vibe out of the ROWs (although without any bayous). Part of Terry Hershey carries transmission lines but they're not as imposing as the ones on the dedicated ROWs, in part thanks to the vegetation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 That's awesome. The next step is to enter into a similar agreement with the railroads and build bike paths in their ROW as well (with some tall jersey barriers to help keep people off/away from the tracks). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonMidtown Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 City to convert a lane of Lamar to bicycle lane: http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/City-to-convert-lane-of-downtown-street-to-bike-5714260.php?cmpid=twitter-premium&t=0379f94a86c2d51ab3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 protected clyclotrack! fantastic! I will be using that all of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Good idea, but best be aware it's going to take drivers a while to get used to the lane. Took awhile to get used to metrorail and in the meantime there were a lot of accidents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 True. The "protected" part will definitely help though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkieEric Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Do they indicate which lane it would be? I use Lamar daily and can only imagine having to turn and dodge pedestrians while simultaneously watching my mirror for approaching bicyclists. I also see accidents along here unless they ban turns that cross the bike lane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Vik Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 It's not that hard if you've been to cities that have it usually bikes have their own green light and there is a separate turn light Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkieEric Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 It's not that hard if you've been to cities that have it usually bikes have their own green light and there is a separate turn light I hope so...the article only mentions adding signals for those on bikes headed east Looks like there is a wave of cities doing this. This article from Pittsburgh specifically says that they won't be adding dedicated signals so I don't think it's a given http://www.peopleforbikes.org/blog/entry/business-leaders-cheer-protected-bike-lanes-into-busy-downtown-pittsburgh Apparently Seattle has a pretty good set up http://www.peopleforbikes.org/blog/entry/7-lessons-from-seattles-spectacular-broadway-protected-bike-lanes Edit: Common sense kicked in - surely they'd use the far right lane else some sort of crossover would be required once you reach the west side of downtown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Vik Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Yea it will take drivers a little while to adjust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Vik Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 City to convert a lane of Lamar to bicycle lane:http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/City-to-convert-lane-of-downtown-street-to-bike-5714260.php?cmpid=twitter-premium&t=0379f94a86c2d51ab3I haven't seen anything on lamar to indicate anything has even started on this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Sometimes it takes a while. I remember when a section of road changed to 55 from 60, it took months, until about 9 months later, and it just appeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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