"Why on earth would we build a protected bike lane when you already have a perfectly good sidewalk?"
The perfectly good sidewalk:
@DrTCombs Is this a sidewalk you're even supposed to be on with a bike? The ones I love are the "you can just ride your bike on the sidewalk" "oh, bikes aren't allowed on the sidewalk" combos.
@wordshaper @DrTCombs another fun one is that Oregon law bans e-bikes from sidewalks, and the transportation planners will build a brand new "multi-use path" and designate it as the bikeway, but there is no such legal definition, so it's technically a sidewalk (and we have a mandatory sidepath law so then you're not allowed to ride in the street either) i.e. you can risk a legal battle or get in a car.
@enobacon @wordshaper this sidewalk isn't marked as a bike facility, but its twin on the opposite side of the road is a signed ped/bike combo, but only if you are going in that direction. If you wanna go the direction I'm going, you can either ride in the sidewalk (which sucks) or mix it up with the cars that are routinely clocked going 60+ (despite the posted speed of 35mph).
I had my kid with me today, so we opted for the itch from poison ivy rather than probable death from cars.
@enobacon @wordshaper our laws don't yet know what to do with ebikes, thankfully.
