These lanes are there for everyone to use in the case of an emergency; as it is those lanes which will allow drivers enough room to move to the right to allow an emergency vehicle through. Grid locked streets without a means to allow emergency vehicles to pass, is poor planning therefore bike lanes are part of the long term solution. This message though communicated before, needed to be repeated as I believe it was one aspect that has been forgotten about in our conversations of government spending.
Below are drawings for Mount Vernon Rd with 11 ft lanes and 4 ft "bike lanes" and a foot and half gutter on each side for a total of 33 feet curb to curb.
A typical car or SUV is 7 to 8 feet wide. A fire truck needs about 10 feet for
passage. So most places on these streets
could conceivably allow for two cars and a fire truck side by side but the
planned cross section would certainly allow for a fire truck to operate with a
little more room which would likely benefit response time.
3 comments:
3Yet, you realize the Renaissance Project you approved has no bike lanes and encourages on-street parking? This was done either to help the builder squeeze in as many homes into the property without adequate driveway parking or as our city manager said – to help slow down traffic on the street by narrowing the roadway. Which theory do you subscribe to: narrowing our streets or keeping them wide?
Like one person mentioned during Public Comments at last night's Council meeting, "For an ROI - Return on Investment -- , there has to be an 'I' to get an 'R'". Dunwoody is a better place with the active & on-going implementation of our Complete Streets Policy incorporated throughout our Public Works projects. Here's an early example that continues today: http://www.bicyclingjoe.com/2011/08/dunwoody-complete-streets-policy.html
Hey, John, how about reminding me, and anyone else as densely uninformed as me, the official election date, and what time the polls open? I need to ensure I stay sober on election day eve.
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