[Talk-us] Combined parking/bike lanes

[Paul Johnson]

On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 10:53 AM, John F. Eldredge <john at jfeldredge.com>
wrote:

> One thing that is an issue with many of the marked bike lanes in
> Nashville, TN is that they aren't contiguous.  You will come to a point
> where the road narrows, such as for a bridge, and the bikes are forced to
> share a lane with motor traffic.  This makes bike riding at rush hour a
> risky activity.
>

If it's got the shared lane marking (the bicycle symbol with >> above it),
the >> part points to the part of the lane you should be riding down.
Merging's the hard part, but once you're out there, and get used to the
idea of staying farther away from the right edge so people don't try to
squeeze by on the left when there's traffic already next to you in the next
lane, you're golden.  It's more psychological than anything, just be glad
you're not having to do it at drunk-o'clock at night near casinos full of
tourists.
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