Bike Lanes on Circuit Drive in Franklin Park
Uncategorized September 29th, 2009Just got back from a bike trek across Wales (more on that in a later post) and had a nice surprise on my ride to work this morning. The city has striped bike lanes on Circuit Drive going through Franklin Park. Looks like they did a good job at it too.
This significantly narrows the travel lane so hopefully will slow down traffic on this road and also delineates parking areas more clearly than before. And of course gives cyclists a dedicated lane.
Here is a view traveling east toward Blue Hill Ave. showing parking area, bike lane and travel lane.
new bike lane heading east on Circuit Drive
And here is a view going east near the Valley Gates intersection with Pierpont Rd. The lane continues up Pierpont about 50 yards and along Circuit with dashed marking showing the splits at the intersection.
heading west near intersection with Pierpont at Valley Gates
September 30th, 2009 at 12:36 am
Check out the flickr site for more views. Plus look out for Silver’s (a night rider from the South End to Dorchester) flickr site too. It is apparently bike oriented.
September 30th, 2009 at 7:48 am
This looks great! Is the road in good shape there? I love the effect of narrowing vehicle lanes, putting cars in their place and slowing traffic.
September 30th, 2009 at 9:59 am
The road is in fine shape. The only oddness I have noticed so far is that once you get past the golf course the bike lane becomes around 15ft wide as there is no parking but the travel lane is kept a constant width. Also, the markings end at a bit of a funny angle at the intersection of Blue Hill. They have included a right hand turn lane on the right side of the bike lane approaching the intersection but the cars going straight don’t have a stop line. That said, when I went through yesterday evening the new striping appeared to be having a positive effect on car behavior at this normally chaotic intersection.
October 5th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
The road is in fine shape. The only oddness I have noticed so far is that once you get past the golf course the bike lane becomes around 15ft wide as there is no parking but the travel lane is kept a constant width. Also, the markings end at a bit of a funny angle at the intersection of Blue Hill. They have included a right hand turn lane on the right side of the bike lane approaching the intersection but the cars going straight don’t have a stop line. That said, when I went through yesterday evening the new striping appeared to be having a positive effect on car behavior at this normally chaotic intersection.