Todd Nelson<p>I commented on the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BART" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BART</span></a> bike/ped plan for the Dublin/Pleasanton station where the Iron Horse Trail passes through. The dashed purple line is intended to be pedestrian flow. So in a left-to-right example, pedestrians leave the station on a separate path (not shown in the close-up) and then share the path with on-coming cyclists. Then pedestrians move onto the sidewalk to the left (above) cyclists before crossing Owens Dr.</p><p>But (!), at the point where pedestrians move to the sidewalk, cyclists *change sides* - like they're suddenly in England - and drop down to street level. Presumably, this prevents cyclists from riding close to on-coming vehicle traffic. Bikes and cars are separated by bollards.</p><p>It seems chaotic to me.</p><p>The response from the planners included: "...cyclists will be moving slowly, heads up, actively engaged in navigating. ... We see little risk of injury collisions from this layout precisely because of its relative complexity, ..."<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UrbanPlanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanPlanning</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BikeEastBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BikeEastBay</span></a></p>