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Mikel32 t1_ix9ok3q wrote

Rode this for the first time this weekend. It was a nightmare. People parking in the bike lane, cars rolling thru or not stopping at all at red lights and stop signs, pedestrians walking in the lanes.

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SilverProduce0 t1_ix9p1rg wrote

How is the bike lane marked off? Flexposts or just paint?

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Mikel32 t1_ix9vmd5 wrote

Nothing installed yet. Just painted lines.

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MyKidsArentOnReddit t1_ix9ukka wrote

I'm not sure what it is now, but I believe the plan is for flexposts eventually.

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XanderCruse t1_ix9vjzo wrote

I've heard similar stories. Hopefully it'll get better once people are more familiar with the set up but I'm not holding my breath.

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Doom_Balloon t1_ixbfcxo wrote

They have made similar “traffic diet” changes along Harford road and we get a lot of the same. Add to that the parking lanes along Harford have actually reduced street parking when you factor in floating bus stops, curb ends and bump outs, and dead space carved out by flexposts. We now get constant business and customer parking in the neighborhood which is annoying, but it also leads to assholes flying down side and cross streets trying to get around the congestion on Harford rd. We’ve been fighting to get traffic calming for years on the side streets, in the neighborhoods, instead the worst drivers now see this as a cut through to speed around the badly timed traffic lights.

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HopefulSuccotash t1_ixcassv wrote

I live a half block off of Harford in Hamilton and I love the road diet. I safely can cross Harford road on foot with my kids and my dog. The city has also accelerated the process for installing speed humps on side streets.

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bookoocash t1_ixhj3bl wrote

So sounds like the road diet on Harford Road isn’t the problem, just that you need some traffic calming in your neighborhood. Hopefully your councilperson hears your concerns and you get some infrastructure installed soon.

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