It looks overengineered and I am not sure it is more safe for pedestrians, bicycles or cars.
I have seen that kind of design near public transport hubs when the bus stop services many busses and there’s a constant stream of traffic of all types. This one on the other hand will be ignored by all.
From this limited view pedestrians seem to have a pretty nice place there. Crosswalks are highlighted strongly and there’s no traffic lights to slow down pedestrians so they have the priority and the necessary attention. Sidwalks seem wide enough as well.
Yes the road is wider than the bike path, but they each have one lane per direction and there don’t appear to be any sharp turns. The bike lane should perhaps be a little wider, but if there’s only a low number of cyclers it seems equal-ish.
I feel like the little “hill” where the bike lanes and crosswalk intersect should start early, that way bikes could come to a halt at the top of the hill and wouldn’t have to accelerate through it, instead they could use it as a sort of break and later a little speed boost. Either way the hill seems like a decent idea considering bike drivers occasionally try to drive past pedestrians without a clear path, overestimating their agility - especially at high speeds.
While one could argue for a similar hill on the road, I’d consider that an unnecessary nuisance for the bus stop. Being shaken around while getting up for a stop is not a nice experience.
That said I’d argue it’s more of a pedestrians > cars > bicycles or maybe even a pedestrians > cars/bycycles system. Not quite as bad as your suggestion, but still not ideal.
I think this is the right system:
But this is whats in the picture:
It looks overengineered and I am not sure it is more safe for pedestrians, bicycles or cars.
I have seen that kind of design near public transport hubs when the bus stop services many busses and there’s a constant stream of traffic of all types. This one on the other hand will be ignored by all.
From this limited view pedestrians seem to have a pretty nice place there. Crosswalks are highlighted strongly and there’s no traffic lights to slow down pedestrians so they have the priority and the necessary attention. Sidwalks seem wide enough as well.
Yes the road is wider than the bike path, but they each have one lane per direction and there don’t appear to be any sharp turns. The bike lane should perhaps be a little wider, but if there’s only a low number of cyclers it seems equal-ish.
I feel like the little “hill” where the bike lanes and crosswalk intersect should start early, that way bikes could come to a halt at the top of the hill and wouldn’t have to accelerate through it, instead they could use it as a sort of break and later a little speed boost. Either way the hill seems like a decent idea considering bike drivers occasionally try to drive past pedestrians without a clear path, overestimating their agility - especially at high speeds.
While one could argue for a similar hill on the road, I’d consider that an unnecessary nuisance for the bus stop. Being shaken around while getting up for a stop is not a nice experience.
That said I’d argue it’s more of a pedestrians > cars > bicycles or maybe even a pedestrians > cars/bycycles system. Not quite as bad as your suggestion, but still not ideal.