Mill Street Bike-Friendly Street and Parking Redesign - Worcester Massachusetts
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Bob and I are both avid bicycle riders. Bob worked at Trek Stop in Grafton for many years, so he is well aware of the countless issues plaguing bicycle riders. The Mill Street redesign was supposed to make this Worcester roadway safer for both drivers and for those riding bicycles.
The layout puts parked cars IMMEDIATELY NEXT TO the travel lane for cars. Then there's an 'empty zone' so that passengers don't open their car doors into a bicyclist. And then to the far right, immediately by the curb, you have the bike lane.
A challenge is that debris tends to collect at the curb - broken glass, rocks, etc. So now you have bicyclers jammed into that debris zone where they can damage their tires or crash.
Another challenge is that cars still seem to be parking in the bike lane, so bikes have to swerve around them anyway.
Also, car drivers aren't used to having parked cars right 'in front of them' practically in a place which looks to be a travel lane.
Mill Street now presents an unusual layout which confuses and spooks drivers. At least one motorcyclist has plowed into the back of a parked car, apparently thinking that car was a moving car in the 'right hand lane'.
What do you think? Brilliant design that we just have to get used to? Or would another layout be better?
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Hi Lisa & Worcester Friends! I was born in Worcester City Hospital way back in 1960. I grew up in the Main South area. The city has gone through so many changes but it will always have a place in my heart! Thank you for these videos.
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Dumb idea. The bike lane is filled with snow right now. Why don't they fix all the roads that need it rather than fund these fun little experiments.
This road sucks for a cyclist in a couple ways. First, the bicycles are forced closer to the curb. It has been standard tracking for road riders to ride in the direction of traffic and to stay to the left of the white lines near the curb. All the little bits of litter, glass, and other stuff that ends up in the road is aggregated near the curb. The closer you ride to the curb, the more likely you are too pick up something in your tire that will cause a flat.
Second, at the end of the road, they expect the bicycles to switch places with the right lane of cars who might be turning. This weave seems unsafe. Immediately upon crossing the road, the bike lane ends by guiding riders to run into the curb.
like 30% of the road is for driving and cars are parked in the middle of the street?. Why no "driver's door zone" since we're wasting space? you could put an interstate there with that width. What a waste. Must be nice to live where there's no traffic