Comments on: Make it a “bridge to everywhere” for everyone http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2010/11/make-it-a-%e2%80%9cbridge-to-everywhere%e2%80%9d-for-everyone/ Blog for bikeleague Tue, 21 May 2013 01:22:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Andrew Besold LCI#2864 http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2010/11/make-it-a-%e2%80%9cbridge-to-everywhere%e2%80%9d-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-33784 Andrew Besold LCI#2864 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:26:02 +0000 http://www.bikeleague.org/blog/?p=3982#comment-33784 Proper bridge access is very important. In New Jersey, the original proposal for the new bridge to the shore resort of Long Beach Island was woefully inadequate for all but the most daring cyclists and pedestrians. The current bridge as well as the future new bridge are the ONLY means of access to this island.

It was rather sad to see the first major project proposal under New Jersey’s Complete Street Policy to only accommodate bold and fearless cyclists (I’m an LCI with 20 years of daily cycling experience and I found the proposed bicycle access to be so minimal that I would be VERY uncomfortable using it).

You can read my in-depth critique of the project here:
http://walkbikejersey.blogspot.com/2010/06/op-ed-proposed-bikeped-improvements-for.html

It is my understanding that my blog post got the attention of NJDOT management and that the project is under further review.

]]> By: Streetsblog Capitol Hill » Today’s Headlines http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2010/11/make-it-a-%e2%80%9cbridge-to-everywhere%e2%80%9d-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-33772 Streetsblog Capitol Hill » Today’s Headlines Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:01:33 +0000 http://www.bikeleague.org/blog/?p=3982#comment-33772 [...] Bike League Advocates for Bike Facilities on Long Beach Bridge [...]

]]> By: khal spencer http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2010/11/make-it-a-%e2%80%9cbridge-to-everywhere%e2%80%9d-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-33767 khal spencer Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:08:22 +0000 http://www.bikeleague.org/blog/?p=3982#comment-33767 In case anyone has not done the math, five percent of a billion is fifty million dollars. That is not an insubstantial amount of money in today’s economic climate.

Someone needs to explain why a presumably more expensive separated bicycle facility is safer and more cost effective than a non-separated one such as is proposed, if I read Darren’s blog post correctly.

The worry I would have, not having seen the design, is that a ten foot shoulder might be used as a passing lane, much to the consternation of cyclists riding there. Otherwise, in this newfound age of austerity, someone has to better explain why in this case a separated facility is actually safer (rather than “seeming” safer to risk-averse cyclists) than the present plan.

Andy asserts safety. I think he (or Mark Bixby and Charlie Gandy) need to put some actual crash data in a letter to provide a compelling case to cost-cutting bureaucrats and politicians wielding budget axes.

]]> By: Barry Stuart http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2010/11/make-it-a-%e2%80%9cbridge-to-everywhere%e2%80%9d-for-everyone/comment-page-1/#comment-33764 Barry Stuart Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:19:22 +0000 http://www.bikeleague.org/blog/?p=3982#comment-33764 I’d like to see Long Beach vbuild a separated bike route on the Desmond Gerald Replacement Bridge. I’d also like for Milwaukee to build a separated bike route on the Daniel Hoan Bridge which sits across the mouth of the Milwaukee River. the latter would directly connect the Oak Leaf Trail from Downtown Milwaukee to the Near South Side neighborhood known as Bay View.

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