[bikeqld] Green BAZ ??? Where ...?

[Chris Barham]

So it's not a BAZ - maybe it's a "copenhagen style bike contraflow
facility"?   See here on bq page for a pic and explanation:
http://www.bq.org.au/
Here's some pics of the green bike lane, but as you say, that's not a BAZ...
http://picasaweb.google.com.au/bloved64/KurilpaBridgeOpening
Chris

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Michael Yeates <michael at yeatesit.biz>wrote:

>  Some will be aware of a BQ - UQ survey on cycling and health ... it is
> worth supporting if the info is made widely available.
>
>  http://pacer.hms.uq.edu.au/survey/index.php?sid=17615&lang=en
>
> However I was intrigued (to say the least) when I came across the following
> very confusing description in amongst some question options ... Using
> designated on-road bike lanes, such as the bicycle awareness lanes painted
> green On the road (no bicycle lanes) Other Surely the BFZ > BAZ hasn't had
> yet another change ... the BAZ was NEVER a "lane" and NEVER a "designated
> lane" ... indeed EXACTLY the opposite ...!
>
> So what exactly is "painted green" ... has the BIKE symbol changed from
> yellow to green ?
>
> Where is there an example of this facility?
>
> Or, given it seems reasonable to expect a cycling advocacy organisation to
> be precise and accurate, is this another case of increasing community
> acceptance (or tolerance) of organisations failing to ensure quality ... or
> put another way,"due diligence" or QA ie "quality assurance" ?
>
> It is a simple question of being correct and therefore reliably informative
> ... or not and therefore furthering confusion and/or misunderstanding.
>
> MY.................................
>
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