The City of Melbourne has placed its spin on the first day of lane closures on Princes Bridge with a false claim that the transition went well. To the contrary...
An estimated 500 to 600 bikes travelled over Princes Bride in the morning and then dropped off with very few bikes counted in the mid afternoon. The bike lane remaining void of bicycle traffic most of the time.
Cyclists safety was at risk at the North end of the Bridge where the lane narrows as cars enter the two lane queuing bay before Flinders Street with most cars turning right into Flinders Street.
The two lane holding bay was half empty, with only one lane of traffic feeding the turning bay it was unable to fill up before traffic was stopped by traffic lights. Either the City Council has not updated traffic signals or their modelling was seriously flawed.
The Melbourne Tourist bus reporting that it took twice as long to cross the bridge then normal.
Melbourne City Council Engineers were out and about monitoring the situation.
Engineering Services Manager Geoff Robinson look on and turned a blind eye to numerous cyclist crossing Swanston Street from Batman Av.Princes Walk to travelling north using the pedestrian crossing without first dismounting, placing pedestrian safety at risk.
Police Van blocking Bike lane at point in the road where traffic enters the holding bay
Midday traffic congestion. Bike lane void of bikes
1 comment:
who cares if cyclists ride across crossing - it's hard to agree this is a pressing road safety problem. in any case, they're coming off the shared path along the Yarra, not the new lane on Princess Bride.
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