The death of Cainta mtb rider calls for resolute action. It was schocking and gory. It did not seem to be deadly from initial footage (All accidents are) The opening of the door of the van, and the running over were all fast.
Dooring
Thisi post have experienced being doored twice - ie you hitting the door of a vehcile being opened at speed. One was Pantok involving a jeep that unloaded a passenger in front. The door opened suddenly. My speed was around 5 kph but nevertheless it hurt. Then the other one was in Pililla. A driver of Ranger suddenly opene his door. My handlebar hit his door This was a little bit faster at about 20kph+ The impact tore the hood cover of the STI. The bike wobbled and the bike veered to the opposite lane. It was good there was no vehicle from opposite direction or from behind. My ankles - shin bones hurt and I had to have them checked for possible fracture. Fortunately there was none. The driver of course, as usual scratched his head. He was not responsible for anything........??#!
Bike lane
1. Most bike lanes are sharrow - shared ROW. Most of them are marked by chevron. It means the lane can be shared by bike, MC, MV. Thus the bike lanes become inutile for any protection or safety of bikers. Those in Cainta (floodway) Pasig, Antipolo are sharrows. This post is not sure whether the bike lane at Kapitolyo is sharrow.
2. Most bike lanes (especially sharrow) are used for parking, tricycle and jeep terminal, loading and offloading passengers
3. Apprehendsion (NCAP) for bike lanes is spotty if enforced at all.
We pay attention to this because someone died. Will there be action or simply a news report.
If we want transformation to GREEN and sustainable public transportation, we must hae bike lanes. This post understands that DOT has large budget for bike lanes. As it is this looks wasted to this post
May be biking can be better through a safer bike lane system.
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