08-06-2017, 06:43 AM
In the long merging sections, the cyclist is going to be able to respond to an inattentive motorist much easier - just adjusting their speed a bit. Where the crossover is at a steep angle with no merge section, the risk is higher that someone trying to find a small gap in traffic and quickly merge in will fail to notice the cyclist and the cyclist wouldn't have time to respond.
This reminds me of another section of interchange with rather awkward bike infrastructure. I've only ever gone through when it's not busy, but northbound on Ira Needles/Trussler, the merging lane from the highway continues on as a second lane. This means that the bike lane just suddenly ends and reappears to the right of the merge lane. Volumes are low enough when I've gone through that it's never been a problem, but I really don't know how it could be safely redesigned. Perhaps putting a green lane marking across the merge lake kind of like on Northfield here and then a sign telling motorists to yield to cyclists?
This reminds me of another section of interchange with rather awkward bike infrastructure. I've only ever gone through when it's not busy, but northbound on Ira Needles/Trussler, the merging lane from the highway continues on as a second lane. This means that the bike lane just suddenly ends and reappears to the right of the merge lane. Volumes are low enough when I've gone through that it's never been a problem, but I really don't know how it could be safely redesigned. Perhaps putting a green lane marking across the merge lake kind of like on Northfield here and then a sign telling motorists to yield to cyclists?