The morning ride in before Christmas was very similar – only one car blocking up the bike lane, making the rest of the run look even better.

Space is still just as constrained in places that didn’t have parking anyway, down toward the railway line crossing, but 90% of the length is definitely improved.

It will be interesting to see how it copes with a full traffic load on a busy wet school-day winter rushhour morning.

Definitely an improvement ! So I went South West last night around 16:30…. It seemed at first like nothing much had changed.

There is a narrow bike lane on the corner of Lincoln/Moorhouse, from the island intended to stop cars short-cutting the corner.

Rocking along through the shops, I thought it was just that the bike lane had been coloured green, cos that’s going to protect us. Only then did I realise it was a clearway and that the space was almost empty all the way along. (there were still some parked cars but the parking warden was there too)

Toward Barrington Street lights, two left-turning cars moving left into the bus lane far too early. Understandable – all they see is an empty space and a shortcut to the front. Nothing here to stop a left-hook other than the cyclist’s alertness.

The Barrington/Whiteleigh interstection apparently has a “raised platform” ? It felt more like a misaligned lump than any kind of intentional safety feature. If anything, this intersection is the least-different to what was before, IMO.

I have not tried this segment inbound to town in the morning yet.

Drivers get a little squirrelly when things in the roadway are different, and while constant exposure to quake-works helped improve that. its definitely slipped again.

I’ll check it out tonight on the way home.