[bikeqld] Stanley St Bike Lane

[kim]

I guess I never paid enough attention in the past to notice that the 
bike lane on Stanley St at Woolloongabba seems to only be operational 
between the hours of 7am and 9am Monday to Friday, at least according to 
the sign where it passes under the M1 Motorway. Like most BCC bike 
infrastructure it seems quite vague and there are no obvious starts or 
finishes to the time limited section of bike lane or indeed even other 
signs to confirm it. Have we got any similar time limits on any other 
on-road bike lanes around Bris? Was that also suggested for the 
controversial one over at Morningside way?

A bit of good news out of BCC tho; the bike lane section which runs past 
the M1 entrance ramp which is severely lacking in any protection for 
users is supposedly going to get some attention with at least some green 
pavement marking to make it more obvious to the thousands of motorists 
who dart across it illegally during afternoon peak to access the M1. 
Council currently just has a piddly no left turn sign which was totally 
obscured by a tree until recently and argued for over a year that it was 
the responsibility of MR but finally admitted it was their own and will 
erect a no left turn sign (afternoon peak times only) on the overhead 
gantry where it can at least be seen. I can't see motorists paying a lot 
of attention to it tho after habitually using the entrance illegally for 
many years. When I asked why a controlled flashing LED no left sign (ala 
the Cribb St detour for the HSL) could not be erected they said that the 
costs would outweigh the benefits. I guess cyclists lives and M1 
congestion management don't have much of an associated worth in that 
cost/benefit calculation. I reckon it should be the responsibility of MR 
to do it tho, as it is primarily a measure to mitigate congestion on 
their M1. Cyclists are unfortunately just the meat in the sandwich (to 
use a bad metaphor) in that situation.

kim