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eastlibertarian t1_iy07439 wrote

Reply to comment by capt_lunatic in Article about the terminal building development. Thoughts? by _koopatroopa_

Hear hear. The half-assed attempt at making Smallman St really gets me--it added a bike lane that doesn't feel safe, it created angle parking that makes the street feel like a strip mall parking lot, and they painted bump outs for "traffic calming" that people just drive over or park in. They rebuilt the whole street from scratch and put in crappy temporary-feeling materials.

All that concrete and asphalt (with no Belgian block, brick, or stone) makes it feel so cheap and soulless. Combined with the focus on chain establishments, it's a real missed opportunity.

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SavageGardner t1_iy0amxb wrote

Last year I was in that bike lane and some boomer in a convertebile drifted into it, spooking my SO who usually only rides on trails. I loudly said "mind the bike lane" and he lost his shit. He swerved over, slammed on his brakes, kept yelling at me, and eventually stopped to get out of his car and started coming at me.

They should have moved the parking closer to the road and protected the bike lane behind the parking. There's so much room for them to do that.

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threwthelookinggrass t1_iy0d9b3 wrote

> They should have moved the parking closer to the road and protected the bike lane behind the parking. There’s so much room for them to do that.

It is not legal to build parking protected bike lanes in Pennsylvania, unfortunately.

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SavageGardner t1_iy0ei57 wrote

I did not know that. Is there a reason for this? Sounds like something that should be changed.

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superm455ive t1_iy1df67 wrote

That only applies to state owned roads like Forbes. Smallman is probably city or county, I highly doubt it’s a state road.

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B0bb3r7 t1_iy16qrr wrote

I think that this is only the case for parallel parking. afaik, there is no 12-inch-from-curb requirement for other parking styles.

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