Broadway Bridge Pole 533+41

[Spiffy]

q`Tzal, great mock-up of the tunnel blockage... I think it would be hilarious to put a brown cardboard pole in the auto lane of the bridge and see what happens...

all eye-opening pranks aside, just ride in the roadway... the sidewalk is not a bike lane nor is it a bike path, it's a MUP and is not a mandatory side-path...

take the lane!

[q`Tzal]

Originally Posted by Spiffy

... just ride in the roadway... the sidewalk is not a bike lane nor is it a bike path, it's a MUP and is not a mandatory side-path...

take the lane!

Can you ride your bike on the automotive bridge deck legally?

This appears to be a officially marked "bike route" and as such might legally be a "mandatory side path". This may be one of those situations where a cyclist could be accurately cited for failing to use a side path.

This side path/MUP is not safe in reality nor does its width conform to any current standards. Regardless, some official that doesn't walk here nor bicycle here has declared that it is safe and therefore ...

In The Word Of Law

... this MUP is a safe, official and mandatory bicycle route.

I wonder if the act of changing any of the original design parameters by say adding a pole in the travel path in a haphazard and unplanned manner would invalidate the prior engineer's declaration that this MUP is safe for both bicycle and pedestrian traffic?

[Spiffy]

Originally Posted by q`Tzal

I wonder if the act of changing any of the original design parameters by say adding a pole in the travel path in a haphazard and unplanned manner would invalidate the prior engineer's declaration that this MUP is safe for both bicycle and pedestrian traffic?

that's a good point... the pole didn't go through the usual approval process that most mandatory side-paths get...

questions to bring up in the free legal clinic, or Ask BikePortland...