[bikeqld] Moggill Rd crossing at Indooroopilly

[kim]

Ok finally got hold of someone in MR who knew a little about the changes 
at that crossing, but not a whole lot. The person involved was still on 
leave till the 27th. The person I spoke to had said that the request for 
a bicycle crossing had come from a 'bicycle group'. I presumed this to 
mean Bicycle Queensland. I asked if the job was finished and he said it 
was finished for now. I pointed out the futility of just adding the ride 
across at the lights and not the slip lanes. He claimed that it did 
allow the cyclists to 'ride a bit further', he did not see the 
ridiculousness of the dismount-mount-dismount-mount needed to ride this 
little extra. I asked if that is what was requested by the 'bicycle 
group' and he was a little hesitant to give details but did allude to a 
plan they had to put a bike crossing point a bit further up the slip 
lane. He claims that this was not done due to lack of funding and the 
fact that this whole intersection would be up for a change when the 
Toowong tunnel is started/finished. I could not pin him down on why the 
bike crossing of the slip lane would cost so much to make it not 
possible now. I gather they looked at widening the gap in the median 
strip which means knocking out some concrete edging - big deal. I 
pointed out that right now 99% of cyclists ride across now as it is 
safer and more expedient for the flow of traffic if they do not become 
pedestrians and have to step slowly and unsurely across in their cleats. 
I pointed out that aside from the narrow gap in the median, that the 
cyclists can ride clear of the marked crossing anyway. I pointed out 
that their were no signs on Moggill Rd warning cars of the cyclists 
crossing and MR were burying their heads in the sand to pretend all 
cyclists are dismounting and becoming pedestrians.
I am wondering if BQ is happy with the outcome or whether they are still 
on the case or perhaps it was not even them that were involved.

k