I commute only occasionally - it's pretty hard to arrange with two day care/pre-school drop-offs and pick-ups, as my wife can attest to. But when I do, I am thankful for the bike lanes in Cambridge. Streets are safer for me when they have bike lanes. I watch for opening doors and tend to stay on the left side of the lane to avoid a dooring. It is amusing to see the other cyclists in the lane and there can be a lot of them. On Hampshire Street, there are often posses of bikes waiting for the lights and the lanes are often full at commuting hours.
Here are a few bikes coming to a stop at Hampshire and Portland Streets; the bike with the reflective triangle also had a drum set up in the cockpit - you never know what you might see:
Bike lanes are not always sacrosanct. Here is a delivery truck occupying a good part of the bike lane at Hampshire and Columbia Streets:
Here are a few bikes coming to a stop at Hampshire and Portland Streets; the bike with the reflective triangle also had a drum set up in the cockpit - you never know what you might see:
Bike lanes are not always sacrosanct. Here is a delivery truck occupying a good part of the bike lane at Hampshire and Columbia Streets:
I think my commute takes me through similar territory! My pet peeve are the double-parkers. I can have a little sympathy for delivery drivers, but people who just can't be bothered to find a spot and block the bike lane drive me absolutely crazy.
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen you this bike on commute yet.
DeleteI do have some sympathy for workers, especially in Cambridge and Somerville, both of which have severe parking issues. Like you, I don't appreciate double parkers but haven't encountered that situation often.