[bikeqld] Coro Drive - oh goody

[kim]

I am not too surprised that Council has backed down on their 
ban-the-bike fiasco down there. It is just like what happened with the 
sewer works.
Council is not in a good position to enforce such a ban because of their 
lack of an effective, safe and legal alternative route for the banned 
cyclists. I think they were just 'hoping' that cyclists would buy their 
feeble attempt and not call their bluff. I think the current 
'compromise' is just to save a bit of face for them and perhaps with 
time we will see even the silly one way at a time regime dropped 
altogether. That would seem sensible and safe. I think in the meantime I 
might try riding along one way when I get my turn from the traffic 
controller and then turn around halfway and come back against the other 
flow of bikes and see what they think about that. I'll then sue them if 
it proves to be a dangerous situation that they have not prevented 
happening. Hey how many of our two-way bike paths are narrower than that 
2m structure anyway, I can think of heaps. Kangaroo Pt for one, and 
where is the need for controllers on those?
k


Sebastian Tauchmann wrote:
> http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,20797,25422176-952,00.html
>
> As always, they're asking "commentators" to throw dung at cyclists...
>
>
> "Traffic controllers to restore safety for cyclists, pedestrians on bikeway
>
> By Bruce McMahon
>
> A SERIES of brushes between cyclists and pedestrians has forced a
> stop-go rule on the Bicentennial Bikeway upgrade alongside the
> Brisbane River.
> Brisbane City Council has suspended pedestrian access on a 400m
> section at Milton, in the city's inner-west, sending pedestrians on to
> a narrow footpath along Coronation Drive.
>
> Down below, cyclists - managed by traffic controllers from 5am to 8pm
> - travel on a temporary construction boardwalk, one direction at a
> time."
>
> continues and asks "Your Say: Are cyclists on the Bicentennial Bikeway
> out of control?" - nice priming of the pump there.
>
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