If you drive down Cherokee Avenue in Atlanta's Grant Park neighborhood and see a car precariously balanced on two wheels atop a concrete divider, don't
  • Winning@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    This will honestly be some guys excuse to get a lifted truck. Why can’t they just put in jersey barriers like normal civil engineers. Even crazier idea, actually design bike infrastructure instead of some awkward mini barrier in the middle of a road

    • grue@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I ride on this street fairly often. So let me tell you from direct experience: for Atlanta, this bike infrastructure is actually pretty damn good.

      Ironically, the next bike crossing over I-20 further East, at Bill Kennedy Way, has Jersey barriers and urbanists are complaining about them because they’re done wrong. GDOT refuses to anchor them into the street properly (claiming bullshit about “maintenance problems” or something), so when cars hit them they get pushed into the multi-use path.

      • Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Someone should tip those over the other direction, make it a problem for cars that they aren’t anchored properly.