Lance Armstrong Bikeway problems

This page is a placeholder for future discussion of design problems in the Lance Armstrong Crosstown Bikeway.

An example of the hazards of an inadequately separated bikeway in California. Does this look like a facility that would get you off 5th or 6th Street if you were travelling across town? This is the kind of facility currently proposed for the stretch of the bikeway between roughly Shoal Creek and Mopac; and the location currently proposed is on the north side of Cesar Chavez Blvd. directly abutting the hike&bike trail spur which leads from Lamar Blvd. through a culvert to the south side of the road. This is the kind of thing I expect to see on a facility like the one proposed.

East Austin - Green Route Signs

For a stretch of the facility, nothing more than green Bike Route signs is being provided. (Not even painted bike lanes!)

Central Austin - 4th/3rd Streets

This seems to have been resolved in favor of 4th Street. However, attention needs to be focused on signalization treatments at intersections.

Central West Austin - Shoal Creek to Lamar

Thanks to the Seaholm debacle, the current recommended routing by staff takes the bikeway down the Shoal Creek trail (with an inadequate turning radius) to just north of Cesar Chavez Blvd.

West Austin - Lamar to Mopac

Facility is proposed for immediate north side of Cesar Chavez for most of this route. This and the above section results in more crossings of side streets than would be necessary with the original proposed route; and connects poorly with bicycle destinations.