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dasuberblonde t1_iu0loan wrote

There’s no winning here. I ride electric citibikes all the time. When there’s no more bike lane, you either have to choose the sidewalk or the street. Legally cyclists would have to be in the street rather than the sidewalk, but if the street is dangerous or someone parked in the bike lane, then cyclists are kind of forced onto the sidewalk. The answer is more bike lanes. When will Uber eats drivers stop forcing me into the street when they park in the bike lane?

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fuzedz t1_iu0zuy6 wrote

Legally there’s no “but”. Youre not allowed on the sidewalk and if you do you need to be walking the bike

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akowz t1_iu0yrwm wrote

Electric bicycles traveling at or above the speed limit (as many do) should be in the street to begin with. Not in bike lanes.

The answer to this specific problem is not more bike lanes, but to treat the functional equivalent (at least in urban traffic) of motorcycles as motorcycles.

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bobroberts12345 t1_iu10rll wrote

I'm pro e-mobility but I agree that any electric micro-mobilty that can travel over 20mph should need some type of registration/regulation

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samwiseganja96 t1_iu1eibj wrote

The crazy thing is that they do. NJ has some of the most robust motorized bike laws in the country. Jersey city seriously drops the ball on this at every corner. I've tried to talk to James Solomon about it for the past 2 years and his response is always that they are working on it. 2 years ago he said they were working on a plan and that he would send me the details. I've reached out recently about it and he still doesn't have a plan.

The legal powers that would allow enhanced enforcement of bike laws in Jersey City are there. The laws exist and are robust. Yet Jersey City police doesn't want anything to do with it because of liabilities.

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dorkishj OP t1_iu0mas5 wrote

I have seen them parked in the bike lane! And on Montgomery near the Taste of North China restaurant there was about 4 or 5 of them hanging out thing rhe whole edge of the sidewalk. They wouldn't budge for anyone. There has to be rules for them. It's like the delivery car near the same area parked in the cross walk. When will cops do anything? It's not fair for the ones who obey the traffic rules and are not the issue.

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xxteargodxx t1_iu2indt wrote

I agree with you, I hate people that park in the bike lane. I see so many double parkers in Hoboken it's unreal and annoys the piss out of me. What irks my nerves is when I ride down Washington Street (Back side of the mall outside of Gregory's Coffee) I see double parked cars all the time in the bike lane, even parked cyclists/mopeds too! Wish they'd get on the fucking sidewalk if they aren't on a delivery, and want to bullshit with each other.

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dasuberblonde t1_iu0olgx wrote

Yeah but you have the same luck ticketing cars for being in the bike lane as much as you have the same luck trying to report cyclists. The city won’t do anything on either fronts, so right now we’re all fucked and inconveniencing each other lol

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nerdiestnerdballer t1_iu12orm wrote

Someone should ride an e-bike into their car full speed then send them a bill for the damages too. You were illegally parked in a bike lane 🤷‍♂️

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dasuberblonde t1_iu21d0t wrote

Sometimes I kick their doors on my way by just to be chaotic.

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assanza t1_iu15a6n wrote

You absolutely DO NOT go on the sidewalk, especially if it's an electric bicycle or scooter, regardless of whether the bike lane is blocked or not. You have no right to put others in danger for your choice of riding a bicycle with a non-perfect bike infrastructure.

I'm sick and tired of seeing escooters and ebikes on the sidewalk. Take responsibility. Ride on the bike lane (even that's questionable) or with car traffic or stop altogether if you feel unsafe. But don't put others in danger.

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dasuberblonde t1_iu212v4 wrote

Boo hoo, go cry about it. I'm sick and tired of people parking their fucking cars in the bike lane. If I'm stuck and have nowhere to go, I'm getting around it somehow, your tears be damned. Lick my ass.

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CatDaddyLoser69 t1_iu3xhai wrote

Just like you’re afraid of dying on your bike, people walking on the sidewalk are at risk of being injured and even dying from bikes on sidewalks. So why don’t you lick your own selfish ass.

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assanza t1_iu2bait wrote

I hate cars parked in the bike lane as much as anyone else. And when it is blocked, I go on the road, not on the sidewalk, like an adult. Because I respect other people's health and it's not up to me to endanger them because I feel 'unsafe' to ride with traffic.

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bobroberts12345 t1_iu10ik0 wrote

Totally agree, the data shows that safe riding behavior sky rockets when bicyclists have a dedicated protected bike lane. Most of these delivery workers are just trying to stay safe as they make a tough living.

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Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_iu14fsu wrote

No one is forcing you onto the sidewalk. If you can't stay in the street you shouldn't be riding.

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dasuberblonde t1_iu21ge6 wrote

If you can't stay out of the bike lane, then you shouldn't be driving.

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dorkishj OP t1_iu24jv4 wrote

That is true too. I don't know any driver who thinks it's a good idea to park in the bike lane. I only see delivery drivers park there and irs wrong and dangerous for cyclist. I totally agree with that. They should be safe too.

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Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_iu24oad wrote

Very true. I will point out that both JC and Hoboken have done a crappy job of maintaining both the stripes and the plastic poles. One spot in particular, Harrison between Observer and NY Ave, the stripe is gone and it creates a hazard for drivers who know the bike lane is there! Several times when I've kept left out of the bike lane I've had asshole drivers pull up to the right of me in the bike lane even though the block ends in a single lane right turn only.

Also the daylighting combined with the bike lanes creates an untenable situation for delivery drivers. Some blocks there's now simply no place to pull over except double parking in the bike lane, and they have to get their job done. This is where engineering rather than enforcement has created a shitshow.

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