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New Plymouth councillor complains cycle lane separation barriers will ruin his sports car (www.rnz.co.nz)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Does this headline seem fair to you? He's a former ambulance driver, and his complaint is the new cycle lanes will prevent vehicles from moving out of the way of an ambulance. The headline presents this as him being concerned about damaging his car should he accidentally drive over one. It seems like a very clickbaity way to present the article if you ask me.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I read this, and I am thinking, why is there a low barrier and not a fence?

The shared with bus stops is why, but they should only need a hole in the fence at the bus stops +- 40m to allow for pull in and out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Also to allow pedestrians to cross perhaps?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

A 1.2m break every 150m would sort this issue out.