u/Anonymous_Otter5458

Me and my partner both decided to jump into bike commuting. I was looking on Facebook marketplace for about two weeks and found the perfect E bike for $700. It was brand new, 20 miles on it, and it came with saddle bags (panniers I think they are called), the phone mounts, all and bike lock.

I think it’s a good deal. And we have loved biking!

I love that I can go up hills and start from a stop easily, but I still think I get a pretty moderate workout on the 6 miles to work!

(Current street vs plan!) I saw these plans for a major road in this city and it looks amazing (except three lanes still feels like too much for a street meant to be the heart of the city)

I don’t have any of these types of bike lanes in the city that I live in, but they look nice. The bike lanes we have are just painted lines, which can still get very dicey when drivers forget that their car shouldn’t pass the white lines.

These types of bike lanes would be amazing to have and would make it so much safer to ride places, but how does a city implement such a thing while also having on street parking?

Most bike lanes we have are on two way streets, and on streets that cross many people’s driveways. It’s very common for people to park their cars on the road, so I find it difficult to imagine a use case for curb protected bike lanes.

Do you have these in your city? Does your city still have on street parking? Is it possible to have both in residential areas?