Proposed Ballard Bridge Safety Improvements

[@briandelancey7399]

Wow, great presentation. Ballard Bridge pedestrian/cyclist safety improvements are LONG overdue.

[@myelow]

I've never ridden on the Ballard bridge but these video clips show me that I don't want to! Thanks for the video, I hope this will be a very influential piece of info for SDOT.

[@mynametrong5508]

I like it.

[@MichaelHalcrow]

At 3:00, you can clearly see a sharrow printed on the road. So it seems city traffic engineers expect a cyclist riding at 12-15mph to command the right lane to cross the bridge. I don't think you can expect that to play out well with such a high volume of traffic at 30-40mph.

[@MissHaleyWoods]

Michael Halcrow That's funny, I never noticed that Sharrow sign before...

[@sarodrig]

The city recently dropped another turd on the south end Ballard Bridge exit by changing the "Yield to Bicycles" sign to a "Right Turns Yield to Bicycles" sign. This makes zero sense since bikes need to merge into the right lane, into the path of cars that are either going straight or turning right. Another inexplicable recent change is the 5 mph sign planted about halfway through the Myrtle Edwards trail. 5 mph. Slower than most joggers. It really seems like the city is trying to discourage the use of this bike route, not improve it.