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| You wouldn't drive your car the wrong way down a street. Don't do it on your bicycle either. |
A salmon is a bicyclist riding upstream, against the flow of traffic.Now we have a report of a bicycle-bicycle crash in the Walnut Street bike lane caused by a bicyclist riding the wrong direction. So here's a reminder worth quoting should you encounter a salmon:
All Bike Lanes In Philadelphia Are One-Way
They flow in the direction of the adjacent vehicular travel lane.*
Many bicyclists don't know this rule. Now you know it, and can inform them (politely) should you see a salmon.
Thank you.
*There is one contraflow bike lane, on 30th Street between Walnut and Market. And one on Greenland Dr. in Fairmount Park, although it's unmarked.
5 comments:
How about joggers?
I have to admit, contraflow joggers are a lot safer to pass than same-direction joggers. Given the tendency for earbuds in joggers I do make a loud "PASSING LEFT" when overtaking joggers in the bike lane, that could (okay, probably) be taken to have an underlying brusque character.
I also want to know the legality and safety of those brave bike lane joggers on Pine & Spruce. I wouldn't do it, but it seems like Spruce is becoming a popular jogging path to the river trail.
It is illegal to run in a vehicular lane of the street, whether that lane is for cars or for bikes. It's also not safe.
From the PA Vehicle Code:
3544. Pedestrians walking along or on highway.
(a) Mandatory use of available sidewalk.--Where a sidewalk
is provided and its use is practicable, it is unlawful for any
pedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent roadway.
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