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BPAC members debate parking-protected bike lanes; safety trade-offs cited
Summary
A BPAC member proposed creating parking-protected bike lanes by moving the bike lane to the passenger side of parked cars; other members and staff warned this can reduce sight lines and, in some designs, increase crash risk.
A BPAC member proposed converting some existing driver-side bike lanes into parking-protected bike lanes by moving the bike lane to the passenger side of parked cars and placing parked vehicles between moving traffic and bicyclists.
Member Schiff Miller introduced the idea and said initially he thought it could be “an easy way” to create protected space for bicyclists. He described the hazard of dooring when bike lanes sit on the…
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