Sometimes I come across bike infrastructure that's so out-of-step with its surroundings, so outlandish in its execution and so downright weird that I can't help but wonder: Who builds this stuff?
In this video, I explore five pieces of bizarro bike infrastructure in my city (Calgary, Canada), and then think more deeply about how they came to exist.
Thank you to everyone in the community who made suggestions on the weirdest bike infrastructure in the city. And if you have something particularly oddball where you live, please share it.
0:00 Introduction
1:13 The corkscrew overpass. WEIRD!
1:41 Two-way to one-way and back. WEIRD!
2:41 The flood-prone pathway. WEIRD!
3:25 The disappearing bike lane. WEIRD!
4:02 The crosswalk to nowhere. WEIRD!
5:07 What's really going on with these things?
9:06 How our cities can do better
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