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At least these two drivers parked on half of the car lane so if you're going around them on a bike the car behind you mostly needs to change lane anyways. The amazon driver is nestled tight into just the bike lane though. They should just mark several "STOP HERE FOR LOADING" rectangles in the left middle of the right car lane, maybe "TURN FLASHERS ON / KEEP BIKE LANE CLEAR" but that wouldn't be MUTCD compliant right. #trafficEngineers #PaintIsNotProtection #InducedDemand #EngineeringTraffic
"Bicycles, #Gender, and Risk: #Drivers Behaviors When Passing [people on bikes] ... measuring passing distance on a minimum of 400 passing events on each type of roadway... Vehicle passing distances ranged from a mean of 90 inches on the #bollards -protected bike lane to lows of 62-63 inches on roadways with no facilities, shoulders only, and [ #paintIsNotProtection ]" (that's american for almost 1m difference)
https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/bicycles-gender-and-risk/
might need an Engineer to take a look at this paint.
#paintIsNotProtection #CarsRuinEverything #DriverAccountability #pdxBikes