AndrewR"Here’s what walking the council’s Story Bridge footpath detour is really like"
#Brisbane bike riders want parity with how drivers are treated.
I know several people who have been affected by this. The Story Bridge pedestrian/bike pathway have been closed and no information provided when they'll reopen.
Why not put a popup shared path in a lane on each side?
How #Brisbane is getting e-scooters all wrong (I concur)
https://readreed.com.au/2025/02/15/footpath-obstacles-how-brisbane-is-getting-e-scooters-wrong/
These Neuron and Lime scooters are getting a bit annoying (if they weren't already).
Lime have been dumping dozens on the footpath everyday in a busy spot in front of the Goodwill bridge, presumably for QUT GP students (noting e-scooters are banned on campus).
On at least one occasion a scooter was neatly lined up going into the bike path. Missed the opportunity for a photo but I'm sure it'll happen again.
In the meantime I'll keep cursive at Big Scooter for these dumb footpath blocking machines and the BCC for its incredibly lax/nonexistent enforcement.
#brisbane #unwalkablebrisbane #cyclinginbrisbane #limescooters #neuronscooters
At some point council needs to accept the reality that they need to build more bike lanes. Failing that the footpaths become overcrowded and uncomfortable for everyone involved, and particularly unsafe when users ride faster than they should.
Oh, and get rid of those tacky bus stop ads to help with visibility in the meantime.
TIL that many of #Brisbane's bus stop shelters are privately owned (not just the advertising slot).
With more e-scooters on footpaths and busier roads making it unsafe to ride on, improving footpaths makes a lot of sense. One way that can be done is to make bus shelters transparent so that bus users and footpath users can see each other.
At the moment I'm trying to get access to a report from BCC about the safety of a shelter that they recently reviewed.