[bikeqld] Coro Drive bikepath update?

[Michael Yeates]

Is the temporary Bicentennial Bikeway bikepath to Park Road still 
only operating one way for cyclists?

I ask because it would appear that BCC "designed" the facility quite 
deliberately ... as you (should?) do when you "design" something to 
be constructed.

However, it was originally "designed" and intended for two way use by 
cyclists AND by pedestrians.

So why once the pedestrians were no longer able to use it, was it 
suddenly turned into one way for cyclists?

One answer appears to be the hoary old excuse "cyclists travelling 
too fast ie too dangerously". Too fast? Too dangerous? For whom?

So if all this is deliberate policy, there is one good outcome. It 
will mean that cyclists can travel as fast as they wish on the 
CYCLISTS ONLY sections ... ie once it turns from the "shared 
footpath" it has been allowed (indeed was designed) to become to a 
CYCLISTS ONLY bikepath ...!

But perhaps not?

It appears there have been a sufficient number of "complaints" and/or 
reports to police to justify BCC introducing the one way for 
cyclists. Mind you none of the complaints are available and if 
details are sought, they sound pretty sketchy.

So it may be that Council is designing the "new" path width such that 
it will still be substandard for the speeds at which some cyclists 
wish to travel even on a CYCLISTS ONLY path.

So put another way, since it seems difficult to put an enforceable 
speed limit on bikepaths, what sort of facility is needed so the 
fastest cyclists can use bikepaths but be considered to be doing so 
safely by police, Council, and the wider community?

I guess I am asking why all the initial fuss about the temporary structure ...?

Does it appear or is it the case that a substantial number of 
cyclists no longer use it?

If so where do they/you go ?

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