Was visiting a wisconsin town this weekend and observed this nightmare-ish bike lane configuration… the road’s speed limit is 25mph, but has a massive 500’ acceleration lane. Gonna guess how many people actually obey the speed limit here?

The dashed lines denoting merging across the bike lane are a whopping 482 feet long!

    • Salad_Fries@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      6·
      10 months ago

      The four lane road continues as the “main st” of the city. (About 1/4 mile behind this pic).

      The main st is a busy pedestrian corridor filled with tourists & cheesy family attractions.

      Location here: (43.6268823, -89.7840315)

  • ape_arms@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    10 months ago

    I wonder if they made the lane long to allow for more merging options with the bike lane. I wouldn’t want to be in that bike lane, but it may be safer with a longer lane ( at least in theory).

    • AceBonobo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      10 months ago

      It’s possible. However, all that is lost if drivers are doing more than double the speed limit.

  • yenahmik@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    10 months ago

    I’m shocked the speed limit is only 25mph. That would be a 40+mph road in my area.

    • hglman@lemmy.worldEnglish
      92·
      10 months ago

      There are 60mph roads with less, its not like car infrastructures has any real thought behind it.

  • SpeedLimit55@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    10 months ago

    My office is off a road like this except no bike lanes. It’s a mile and a half of commercial 4 lane road followed by 2 lane residential and the speed limit is 25 on the whole thing. Everyone goes 40+ in the commercial section which at least has a grass median and sidewalks on both sides. People bike on the sidewalks even though its against city ordinances because they like to stay alive. The residential section has a stop sign every 500 feet.