[bikeqld] Things that make you go hmmmm.....

[Michael Fanning]

Good point about the rough wall but I'm not that worried about it.  
Even better point about the graffiti issue. It wouldn't surprise me at  
all if they kept with their kooky philosophy that manifests itself  
along the rest of that route and made the peds and cyclists do a  
crossover so that the peds are near the wall and the cyclists are near  
the water.

I was working up the mountain on Saturday so I rode across Miskin as  
the workers were setting up. It wasn't obvious what they were up to  
but it soon became apparent as I drove up and down during the day.  
Seems like another big and questionable hole dug into the BCC cycling  
budget. As for the green lane, I reckon it might stay that way. By not  
making it official, they can avoid any liability if a bus driver  
squashes a cyclist. Or am I just a cynic?

Not really sure what was going on along Sylvan Rd. All I know is that  
I couldn't drive through there during the day and on my way home there  
were lots of new bitumen patches in the cycle lane along with their  
attendant bits of loose hotmix that got stuck in my mudguards. I won't  
be rostered to work on the hill for another week but I just know that  
those patches will have subsided by an inch or two by then and won't  
be fixed for a month or two after.

Hmmmmmmm.

Has anybody noticed the roadside memorial that appeared recently on  
Sir Samuel Griffith Drive? I think it's nice. There's a photo here:
http://maps.google.com/?t=p&z=15&ll=-27.46879768371582,152.9702911376953&q=http://api.motionxlive.com/motionx-remote/api/gps/host/b5da1b01-b51c-4b86-9cd9-584ad6e8f06d

Mick

On 02/08/2009, at 5:26 PM, kim wrote:

> With not even the police willing to keep pedestrians off the Western
> Freeway Bikeway, I think MR is rubbing salt into the wound with their
> latest faux pas; they placed 'Pedestrians Watch Your Step' signs on  
> the
> bikeway adjacent to some trench works off the side.
>
> Further in..... Miskin St now has a colourful crossing point for
> cyclists to and from the Western Freeway bikeway and a slightly wider
> refuge. I don't know what to make of the thin green line through the  
> bus
> way yet as it is still unfinished but notably the dog leg at the  
> Miskin
> end looks uninviting and I think many cyclists will continue straight
> across Miskin St from the green area.
>
> A little further in, Sylvan Rd got a bit of a makeover and they
> addressed some of the cyclists' concerns. They say the symbols will  
> all
> be redone soon as part of it. Yet to see if they fix that concrete  
> spoon
> drain you ride over near the rail overpass, it was mentioned. Not  
> happy
> about how they patch the failed sections and created the join right  
> bang
> in the middle of the bike lane so that if there is any subsidence or
> degradation, it creates an in-line lip right where you ride, which is
> bad news for cyclists. A few of the very ancient service covers in the
> bike lane are not likely to get replaced with more bicycle friendly
> ones, but it was mentioned.
>
> And now a little more of a dig at the Bicentennial upgrade: Is it just
> me, or does anyone else see that the design of the retaining wall  
> using
> jagged sharp split face blocks presents a risk for cyclists riding  
> near
> to the left of the track? Not only is it a knuckle and pinky grater  
> but
> more seriously it would be a nasty place for the side of a kid's  
> face to
> land if he or she struck the wall. It would seem that some sort of
> aesthetic has triumphed over common sense bicycle friendly design.
> Surely a smooth wall would make more safety sense? That split face
> detail is horrendous for graffiti removal too. Do these designs get
> reviewed to ensure they are fit for purpose? Does BQ get consulted
> before the design is given the okay to ensure someone has taken the
> cyclist perspective on it? Or is that too much to expect?
>
> http://www.bikeqld.org.au/wiki/Image:Rough_Wall_Feature.JPG
>
> k
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