[CBBarnett]

Potentially an invitation to chaos. Since streets are public places, arguably immediately adjacent property owners should not have a large say in what happens in front of their yards. Instead, the bulk of people living in the area and the people using the infrastructure should be the key decision makers.

Oh I agree completely, I was more doing a thought exercise from reflecting on that the system that is supposed to prioritize public good and not favour adjacent property owners doesn't seemed too fussed with ending up with resident-priority street parking zones and stuff like this that gives 2 parking spots that benefits locals the most over a more general public benefit of a continuous cycling path:

So in a world where key decision makers struggle most of the time to pick trees over more street parking, perhaps pushing the authority to the adjacent property owner could yield a different outcome. Sure most property owners seem to like street parking and the status quo would occur but I'd bet that just opening up a bit of chaos would yield far more street trees than our current approach.

 

[trtcttc]

There is no back alley on this block and it looks like that one house has a driveway (and another view shows it is used for a car). So I wonder if it will remain a driveway, or if this was a private parking stall compromise? Keeping it as a driveway and keeping the bike lane consistent probably would have been better.

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And that house probably won't even be around for too long, as it's one of two between a bunch of infill.

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This section is actually fully complete already, and they kept all the driveway access, just with pretty steep curbs. Precisely because these are older homes with low lot coverage, I find it difficult to see the parking space as even benefiting the homeowner, since they have ample driveway space.

And if they want to put a parking space there, fine, but then the bike lane should continue until you get to the intersection. There's a painted bike lane at that corner but the entrance to the painted lane is not lined up with where the protected bike lane ends. Like if you exit a protected lane, and a car is parking there, what's the "correct" path to take?

 

[kora]

And then the argument will be, "we built the bike lanes but they are not well used" ... not if you build them like this

 

[CalgaryTiger]

The hilarious part is they're once again reinventing the wheel. The new 15th Ave bike lane mixes pedestrians and bikes. Whereas this mixes bikes and parked/driving cars. These inconsistencies cause confusion and someone is going to get hit on their bike or hit someone on the sidewalk with their bike.

Also... The right-of-way is there to have the sidewalk go into the property, the same depth as the corner sidewalk, and still have room for the bike lane.

 

[trtcttc]

Yea the inconsistency. There's bound to be some with the difference in time between when each are built, but even the lane markings, which they re-do more frequently, are not the same across different bike lanes. Painting that little section green would at least give you a sense of the path to take once the protected lane ends.

 

[kora]

Painting that little section green would at least give you a sense of the path to take once the protected lane ends.

Agreed, standard practice in good bike lane design. Dumping bikes into a car lane right before an intersection like that is especially dangerous. When I bike in situations like that, I tend to take up the whole car lane because I don't want to get doored by someone opening their car door from a parked car. But when I enter the car lane, it presents a clear conflict between cars and cyclists and negates the whole benefit of the bike lane.

 

[lemongrab]

This section is actually fully complete already, and they kept all the driveway access, just with pretty steep curbs. Precisely because these are older homes with low lot coverage, I find it difficult to see the parking space as even benefiting the homeowner, since they have ample driveway space.

And if they want to put a parking space there, fine, but then the bike lane should continue until you get to the intersection. There's a painted bike lane at that corner but the entrance to the painted lane is not lined up with where the protected bike lane ends. Like if you exit a protected lane, and a car is parking there, what's the "correct" path to take?

Brutal. I was hoping the graphic was just poorly labeled. There is also ample space to keep the centre line a few feet further west until past this absurd parking cut out if its actually needed for some reason

 

[kora]

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Also why is there a channelized turn lane / pedestrian island when turning from 5 Avenue to 19 Street? That could be repurposed as a mini-park / landscaped area with a couple benches. At the least, it should be closed to cars, only allowing bikes to use that turn lane