Except that’s not a bicycle lane. It’s a bicycle suggestion lane.
Much for the feeling of safety, not so for actual safety though.
And thus finally entering the ’90s
What is this red and green stuff? Why is there an horizontal stripe in the first picture? Is that turn in the second picture as sharp as it looks?
This just adds to confusion… we have federal codes for all this stuff, but all we see is weird stuff that’s different everywhere. At least use the regulated dotted line around your colorful stuff… next time you’ll spread salt around it’ll be all cracked up…
Besides, if it’s like in the village I grew up in, the paint is actually slippery. You don’t want to drive on it if it rains or is freezing.
If anything I feel less safe with these, really. That’s not infrastructure, that’s just paint. You know how we hide mold in an apartment we try to rent, right? Paint.
So many years after implementing those bikes everyone can use, it’s about time to finally do something.
Although, we really shouldn’t get that excited about a little bit of paint, it’s still some kind of improvement.
A good occasion to say that wallonia is massively lacking bike lanes and pedestrian areas compared to litteraly every single ones of our neighbours.
All our neighbours are making huge progress, making cities more livable, but wallonia has barely done anything. I hope it will change, and it better be soon.
Paint ain’t infrastructure
Those are not lanes. Those are suggestion strips. They really should do some more legal work on these. Now they are a bit of a missmash of painted bits and symbols.
!remindme 6 months
I have my doubts. Like first picture you see on the right, even an Aygo would bite on the ‘lane’.
It can also be slippery and induce a fake feeling of safety. At least the road is always bloated so traffic is already slow.
Yet, looks cool and inviting, might help driver remember to hold the left side of the lane, which the chevrons did not achieve.
To quote a certain YT channel. “A painted bicycle gutter”
Only one month ago I saw a cyclist on the ground at this exact same place, just the other side of the road. She was hit by a car and receiving first aid.
While it’s some improvement, it’s just paint, not an actual, seperate from cars, bike lane.
Got sour news for you, Jack. That ain’t no cycling lane. It does NOT give you priority. It does NOT protecto you. It IS, however, completely useless.
Slippery when wet?
Why the hell the urban traffic painting is almost gone from the asphalt the very next day???
Is that poor paint quality, the type of asphalt, not enough time to dry…?
There is a plan to renew the mobility in Salzines. Maybe they are implementing it already.
Do you know why they paint it red? It is so you won’t see the blood streaks across the asphalt.
Let’s hope the bicycles take the hint and suggest to the cars to share the road too!
Every place has to invent the wheel again
A bucket of paint is not bike infrastructure.
What a waste of money. Bike suggestion lanes give a false sense of safety just so the local government can go ‘look we’re investing in cycling infrastructure!’. Paint isn’t even infrastructure.
I know those suggestion lanes, they get very slippery when it rains or when there’s lots of leaves on them. Ride your bike next to them when it’s freezing, or you’re going down. But at least now it looks like they care!
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+10 safetypoints
Except that’s not a bicycle lane. It’s a bicycle suggestion lane.
Much for the feeling of safety, not so for actual safety though.
And thus finally entering the ’90s
What is this red and green stuff? Why is there an horizontal stripe in the first picture? Is that turn in the second picture as sharp as it looks?
This just adds to confusion… we have federal codes for all this stuff, but all we see is weird stuff that’s different everywhere. At least use the regulated dotted line around your colorful stuff… next time you’ll spread salt around it’ll be all cracked up…
Besides, if it’s like in the village I grew up in, the paint is actually slippery. You don’t want to drive on it if it rains or is freezing.
If anything I feel less safe with these, really. That’s not infrastructure, that’s just paint. You know how we hide mold in an apartment we try to rent, right? Paint.
So many years after implementing those bikes everyone can use, it’s about time to finally do something.
Although, we really shouldn’t get that excited about a little bit of paint, it’s still some kind of improvement.
A good occasion to say that wallonia is massively lacking bike lanes and pedestrian areas compared to litteraly every single ones of our neighbours.
All our neighbours are making huge progress, making cities more livable, but wallonia has barely done anything. I hope it will change, and it better be soon.
Paint ain’t infrastructure
Those are not lanes. Those are suggestion strips. They really should do some more legal work on these. Now they are a bit of a missmash of painted bits and symbols.
!remindme 6 months
I have my doubts. Like first picture you see on the right, even an Aygo would bite on the ‘lane’.
It can also be slippery and induce a fake feeling of safety. At least the road is always bloated so traffic is already slow.
Yet, looks cool and inviting, might help driver remember to hold the left side of the lane, which the chevrons did not achieve.
To quote a certain YT channel. “A painted bicycle gutter”
Only one month ago I saw a cyclist on the ground at this exact same place, just the other side of the road. She was hit by a car and receiving first aid.
While it’s some improvement, it’s just paint, not an actual, seperate from cars, bike lane.
Got sour news for you, Jack. That ain’t no cycling lane. It does NOT give you priority. It does NOT protecto you. It IS, however, completely useless.
Slippery when wet?
Why the hell the urban traffic painting is almost gone from the asphalt the very next day???
Is that poor paint quality, the type of asphalt, not enough time to dry…?
There is a plan to renew the mobility in Salzines. Maybe they are implementing it already.
Do you know why they paint it red? It is so you won’t see the blood streaks across the asphalt.
Let’s hope the bicycles take the hint and suggest to the cars to share the road too!
Every place has to invent the wheel again
A bucket of paint is not bike infrastructure.
What a waste of money. Bike suggestion lanes give a false sense of safety just so the local government can go ‘look we’re investing in cycling infrastructure!’. Paint isn’t even infrastructure.
I know those suggestion lanes, they get very slippery when it rains or when there’s lots of leaves on them. Ride your bike next to them when it’s freezing, or you’re going down. But at least now it looks like they care!