aarosurf Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Does anyone have an estimate on the average daily rider / average daily ticket ratio? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 I suspect that the sooner we quit having lunkheads thinking that it's protected parking, and the sooner the construction zone can get gone, and the sooner realistic connectors get added on each end, ridership will increase. Until then, it's just an amusement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryDierker Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 This is what I do to cars in bike lanes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 and the police pension fund, and the firefighter pension fund, and the...I have visions of bike lanes everywhere as the city tries to bridge the gap of our debt issues.This thing is less than 3/4 of a mile. I'm envisioning 1000 miles of bike lanes! extrapolated out, that's like, a million tickets every year! even if the fee is nominal, like $25? 25 million a year, that's notbadobama.jpgThat's assuming that people don't catch on. And even if the fee is $250+, it's meaningless to you when you can't go on the bike path when some jackass is parked in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunstar Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 This is what I do to cars in bike lanes: I like how he moves the car and just rides off like it was no big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skwatra Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Ok slightly off topic, but last night around 9:30pm I was driving home on the Gulf freeway and saw 10-15 bikers in the HOV lane inbound! They were around Telephone headed towards downtown. Though riding there is illegal I'm sure, they did appear to be serious bikers with helmets and lights and all, not just messing around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 wait, wait, you saw Cyclists on the the Gulf Free Way HOV? Thats crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 The fact that it's illegal aside, if you live within a certain distance of the freeways, you run a risk of getting asthma, breathing as heavily as you do while cycling, it's probably not a good thing right in the epicenter of car exhaust. You're not sucking on a tailpipe, but it's probably as close as you can get to it. However, there's probably not a safer place in Houston (to avoid getting hit by a car) than to ride in the HOV lane once they're closed in the evenings. From a breathing perspective, I think it's a pretty bad idea though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 The fact that it's illegal aside, if you live within a certain distance of the freeways, you run a risk of getting asthma, breathing as heavily as you do while cycling, it's probably not a good thing right in the epicenter of car exhaust. You're not sucking on a tailpipe, but it's probably as close as you can get to it. However, there's probably not a safer place in Houston (to avoid getting hit by a car) than to ride in the HOV lane once they're closed in the evenings. From a breathing perspective, I think it's a pretty bad idea though. Now there's an interesting idea...carve out, or better yet build into the system, protected bike lanes in the hov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skwatra Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Now there's an interesting idea...carve out, or better yet build into the system, protected bike lanes in the hov. It would be cheaper than putting in commuter rail lines! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purdueenginerd Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 thats funny, I cycle all the time. I would have never thought to get on the HOV lanes when theyre closed. Curious how many cyclists do that. Agree with you on the particulate matter too from car exhausts. I have in the past seen riders with respirators on (http://respro.com/). I wear respirators at work occasionally, and though I understand why some people do it in the city, I guess to me, oxygen flow without resistance is more important while riding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 It looks like the Main Food store knows not to block the bike lane...even though it stops right there. And that Lamar is closed there today But baby steps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skwatra Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Something I noticed on the bike lane these last few weeks I've taken it several times:If you are biking 'west' on Lamar in the direction of car travel, the bike light turns green ~5 seconds before the traffic light for the vehicular traffic, only for cross streets that are one way 'south' (eg Fannin, Milam, Smith). This allows bikes to get up and moving before the cars turning left in to them. For the 'north bound' intersections (Travis, Louisiana) the bike light and vehicle light turn green at the same time since there is no risk from cars turning in to the bike lane. Just a little smart thing I noticed that is helpful - not sure if it was like that since the lane opened. Of course the bigger risk is when you are traveling faster through a light that is already green, and this feature doesn't help for that scenario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 yeah, it's been that way since inception. I wish they'd have some flashing lights for the people turning left across the cycling lane. I have had to slam my brakes to avoid getting turned into, and I've only ridden the lane about 5 times. So 20% of the time, I've almost died Drivers just aren't used to thinking about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texasota Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Part of that is, as you said, that drivers aren't used to it. As the bike plan gets built out and there are more decent bike lanes nearby, that should increase their visibility and get people used to looking for them, especially since there will be more cyclists in the lanes as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 Hopefully the city will paint the area in front of the old Macy's soon..... Construction is over and having that "gap" in the bike lane is quite dangerous, actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigereye Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Update: 1111 Travis portion finally being completed as I post this. Lane will be fully complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 5 hours ago, tigereye said: Update: 1111 Travis portion finally being completed as I post this. Lane will be fully complete. Awesome! They can now go back and paint the whole thing as the paint is already fading away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Is it fading, or just getting dirty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skwatra Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 seems faded to me, like paint wearing off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 7 hours ago, samagon said: Is it fading, or just getting dirty? Looks like it is wearing off to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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