Everything Bicycles | Winnipeg

[bomberjet]

I too agree with this. Just build the pathway at the top of the curb. Way easier to maintain, doesn't trap leaves, clearing snow is easier. There's probably some fancy reason for the curb set-up they use.

[WPG84]

As an avid cyclist. The raised bike lane are way better. Look at Maryland (from Broadway to the bridge) is such a better design than Sherbrook. Being raised makes a huge difference with drainage and keeping the lane clear of debris. Im sure upfront cost is more to construct but long term likely cheaper

[bussche]

Originally Posted by WPG84

As an avid cyclist. The raised bike lane are way better. Look at Maryland (from Broadway to the bridge) is such a better design than Sherbrook. Being raised makes a huge difference with drainage and keeping the lane clear of debris. Im sure upfront cost is more to construct but long term likely cheaper

I generally agree about Maryland, but the snow clearing has been terrible this year.

The street plows push up all the snow into the bike lane. Eventually they send a sidewalk sized snowblower thing to clear it, leaving a trench, essentially. That's fine for a while but after one warm spell it becomes a frozen rutted mess. They run a regular sidewalk plow to clear subsequent snowfall but it can't get right down to a compacted surface because of the aforementioned frozen ruts.

You're left with a few inches of semi-compacted snow, extremely difficult to pedal through and constant fish tailing back and forth.

[bomberjet]

The snow clearing definitely needs to be focused on in either set-up really. What do they do with the snow with the depressed bike lanes? Where does the snow from the road go? Just piled in a windrow along the curb line between the road and bike lane?

[Authentic_City]

The snow clearing can be kind of comical sometimes. The plows clear the roads and push snow into the bike lane. Then they half ass clear the bike lane with a sidewalk plow and push snow onto the the sidewalk and/or back on the road. Then they clear the sidewalk and push snow back into the bike lane. The bike lanes at road level with curbs are the worst for snow clearing, poor drainage, collecting garbage and debris, you name it. Better to build raised bike lanes.