Its a design fail which has been created by accomodating residents who were concerned about being a thoroughfare for vehicles, and now seem set on trying to get rid of cyclists.

Its another case of shouting about how safe cycle streets are while ignoring the actions of those who seek to make them unsafe.

I just find it easier to cycle down the middle of the road when that happens, in front of any traffic and a few times I’ve managed to sit on my cycle in front of their vehicles and check my phone when they’ve sat there and waited to leave. Wouldn’t recommend this to everyone though. Be terrible if everyone took the law into their own hands now wouldn’t it?

Agreed.

http://carsinbikelanesdenver.com/index.php?center=39.769,-105.103&zoom=12&max=5000

Ok, thanks – I didn’t know about the ones tucked inside the carpark entrance (I can just see them on Google streetview – haven’t checked them in person as yet). Good to know. For the casual visitor such as myself, it would be great if there were some signs near the laneway entrance and/or supermarket entrance directing you to the bike parking. I don’t do my regular shopping in the CBD, and I turned up there a few Friday evening’s ago – “right, where do I park my bike?”. Nothing obvious nearby so I improvised.

Lock your bike to a couple of trolleys?

Indeed, this is a terrifying traffic rule, and as Jan already pointed out, internationally unprecedented (at least in the West-European context where I come from). Me and my family had quite a few near-misses as pedestrians caused by cars coming from behind and turning into streets without the slightest concern for pedestrians who can’t see them. In my job, I have to fill out book-size H&S forms incorporating every possibly hazard for students on field trips, but major – and easy to solve – traffic hazards caused by a lack of proper rules are not addressed adequately! I’m afraid, pedestrians & cyclists do simply not have priority in this country. Another example is the lack of presumed liability in NZ law, but that’s a different story…

Last time I was there – used the stands 10 meters towards Colombo st – on the same side. Agree that another stand outside the supermarket would be handy though

Bike parking at the Fresh Choice is horrid. They’ve relied on the existing hoops that are at the intersection of Colombo & Lichfield, or Cashel Mall, or in the bus exchange, so don’t believe that there should be any directly outside the shop. I have a wheel lock so just leave mine outside the flight centre/supplements shop in the alleyway. Some people lock their bikes to the gate at the alley entrance.

I agree with the horrible design of the Crossing carpark entrance. Regardless of what it looks like, it is still a driveway, not a roadway, and so drivers are legally expected to give way to anyone on the footpath – but the design tells you a different story…