Northfield / 85 Exchange upgrades?

[danbrotherston]

That can't be right, can it? But that is what the drawing shows. If I was going to put in a painted median, I would put it between the bike lane and the roadway. Maybe with some of those flexible bollards like there are east of Wissler.

Anytime I encounter these kinds of setups I just ride in the painted median. I don't know what goes through the heads of people that design the lanes this way, like a bike-pedestrian collision sucks but the difference in speed isn't anywhere close to the difference in speed (and mass) of cars and bikes.

While this is alright in theory, there will be a difference in maintenance and design that would be better if it was actually designed correctly.