When I used to bike daily I would routinely hit almost 30 km/h. Today being older and wiser, I don’t see why that should be allowed in city bikelanes. We have many narrow bikelanes where there is only barely room for passing, on such lanes 20 km/h absolutely sound like a good idea for all, including people in good shape on race bikes and small mopeds that are allowed in the bikelanes.
I’m trying to get places on my bike. If the lane doesn’t allow for speed I’m driving. (Maybe transit) time matter and half again faster is a big deal on a bike. I
We all want to go fast, so do cars, but there are limits for safety, and for children and elderly those fast bikes are a hazard. My own 89 year old father was hospitalized for a week, because a fast biker hit his arm so he fell, maybe even without noticing, because he just continued as if nothing had happened.
Where I live city bikelanes are typically narrow, because the roads weren’t designed for them originally. Narrow lanes and high speed is clearly a problem for vulnerable users of bike lanes, and can be an outright terror.
So just don’t be inconsiderate of other users of the bikelane, because it can have dire consequences for others than yourself.
That said I know slow bicycles can be extremely annoying too when they don’t make room for one to pass safely.
When I used to bike daily I would routinely hit almost 30 km/h. Today being older and wiser, I don’t see why that should be allowed in city bikelanes. We have many narrow bikelanes where there is only barely room for passing, on such lanes 20 km/h absolutely sound like a good idea for all, including people in good shape on race bikes and small mopeds that are allowed in the bikelanes.
Fair, roadracers and the like can certainly get fast enough to become a nuisance. The bike lane in the article looks fairly wide, though.
Not all bikelanes are like that.
You can have more than one speed limit. e.g. 20 for narrow lanes, 25 for wide lanes.
I’m trying to get places on my bike. If the lane doesn’t allow for speed I’m driving. (Maybe transit) time matter and half again faster is a big deal on a bike. I
We all want to go fast, so do cars, but there are limits for safety, and for children and elderly those fast bikes are a hazard. My own 89 year old father was hospitalized for a week, because a fast biker hit his arm so he fell, maybe even without noticing, because he just continued as if nothing had happened.
Where I live city bikelanes are typically narrow, because the roads weren’t designed for them originally. Narrow lanes and high speed is clearly a problem for vulnerable users of bike lanes, and can be an outright terror.
So just don’t be inconsiderate of other users of the bikelane, because it can have dire consequences for others than yourself.
That said I know slow bicycles can be extremely annoying too when they don’t make room for one to pass safely.