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“Together we’re advancing initiatives focused on creating safer, more efficient travel options for all modes of transportation, from vehicles to bicycles to pedestrians,” Dave Ambuehl, the chief deputy district director of Caltrans, said in a news release.

https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/new-intersection-project-first-kind-bay-area-19901199.php

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Those aren't bicycle lanes, they're clear zones to protect drivers so they won't hit a tree or a pole and ding their $100k truck.

All that could happen is that they kill a bicyclist and drag them for a few hundred feet, but that washes off.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

If the truck on the bottom right made a right turn instead of going straight, it would cross a cycle lane.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

But that right turn would mean driving in the wrong direction. See the arrows? Diverging diamond intersections Force traffic to drive on the left side of the road instead of the right.

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

I think he means take a right onto the freeway on-ramp, just before the diverging part.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

OH! I see, now. The one I usually ride on has separated/raised bike paths in those areas which shortens the distance you have to cross