SavageGardner t1_iy0amxb wrote on November 27, 2022 at 7:54 PM

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

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.

threwthelookinggrass t1_iy0d9b3 wrote on November 27, 2022 at 8:11 PM

> 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.

SavageGardner t1_iy0ei57 wrote on November 27, 2022 at 8:19 PM

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

threwthelookinggrass t1_iy0fa7u wrote on November 27, 2022 at 8:24 PM

The law says something like cars must park within 12 inches of the curb. The legislature actually recently tried to change the law to allow for the creation of parking protected lanes, but republican senators sabotaged the bill. https://triblive.com/news/pennsylvania/protected-bike-lane-bill-named-for-a-pittsburgher-vetoed-over-late-gop-amendments/

superm455ive t1_iy1df67 wrote on November 28, 2022 at 12:22 AM

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

B0bb3r7 t1_iy16qrr wrote on November 27, 2022 at 11:33 PM

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