[bikeqld] Moggill Rd crossing at Indooroopilly

[Flindersia]

Bob, does he procede on his bike or on foot?

Last year I started using the Centenary bike way again after a long gap. Noticed a lot more riders which is good but have also encountered more pedestrians and jogges; and a bl*#dy idiot on a scooter! 


Cheers

Ian



----- Original Message ----
From: Bob Wagner <b.wagner at ozemail.com.au>
To: kim <pharmer_kim at hotmail.com>
Cc: BikeQld <bikeqld at bikeqld.org.au>
Sent: Mon, 11 January, 2010 1:53:46 PM
Subject: Re: [bikeqld] Moggill Rd crossing at Indooroopilly

Those bike lights have been there for a  while now. My concern was that, just like Kim says, you must still dismount on the zerba parts of the crossing. I ride with a policeman, and at points like this wait till he says it is ok to procede.


Bob Wagner
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On 11/01/2010, at 1:05 PM, kim <pharmer_kim at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I noticed last week that MR has installed bicycle crossing lights now on the pedestrian crosswalk of Moggill Rd. It does not look like a big spend at all, just red and green bike lights in parallel with the pedestrian ones. One each side, no special bike buttons or signs so on the same priority as the existing pedestrian ones. I don't know if this is a work in progress but there is no provision for cyclists over the pedestrian crossing on the slip lane on either side so it is of little benefit as it stands as cyclists are forced to dismount and walk these or ride to the side of them and hop the island. Perhaps they will come with time. The Police I spoke with were most concerned at the time about cyclists 'endangering motorists' as they rode across the slip lane. The targeting of cyclists for riding in an otherwise safe manner over the crossings seemed to dispute the claim that they were after the cyclists bolting out in front of motorists on the slip
 lane. Hopefully the crossings get made bike friendly too. Last new year was in fact a blue moon and it is rummored that a pedestrian was actually seen using this facility. if indeed it was designed for the ever so occasional pedestrians then one might have expected that the light timings might have been altered to reflect the new function for a high traffic bike crossing. Who's to know whether that would have been a good thing or a bad thing though.
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