{"id":577,"date":"2011-06-21T21:20:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T04:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2011\/06\/21\/hood-canal-bridge-to-get-safer-bike-lanesbut-not-for-awhile\/"},"modified":"2014-02-10T15:46:51","modified_gmt":"2014-02-10T23:46:51","slug":"hood-canal-bridge-to-get-safer-bike-lanesbut-not-for-awhile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2011\/06\/21\/hood-canal-bridge-to-get-safer-bike-lanesbut-not-for-awhile\/","title":{"rendered":"Hood Canal Bridge to Get Safer Bike Lanes\u2026But Not for Awhile"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: \"Arial\", \"sans-serif\"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;\"><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;\">This post was written by our guest blogger Doug Cantwell of Seattle.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><br \/><i><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div><b><i><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;\">Bad News: The Hood Canal Bridge bike lane presents a hazard to cyclists.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;\">Good News: WSDOT has announced plans to refit the grated section of the bridge with a wider, safer bicycling surface.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<p><b><i><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;\">The Catch: It won\u2019t happen overnight.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HF6snZGYFX0\/TgEKH_uit_I\/AAAAAAAAAgI\/vkaIfmggI3c\/s1600\/Hood+Canal+Bridge.jpg\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HF6snZGYFX0\/TgEKH_uit_I\/AAAAAAAAAgI\/vkaIfmggI3c\/s320\/Hood+Canal+Bridge.jpg\" width=\"240\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Photo:\u00a0 Dana Berg\/Squeaky Wheels<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;\">When the new, improved Hood Canal Bridge reopened in June 2009, bicyclists were disappointed\u2014some say appalled\u2014to find the same narrow steel plating laid across the grated section for their use that they\u2019d come to fear and loathe on the old dilapidated bridge.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;\">The majority of the floating structure offers a generous 8-foot-wide lane, but on the grated section, cyclists must negotiate a 3-foot-wide steel plate that is further reduced in effective width by fasteners to about 18\u201d.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;\">\u201cIt\u2019s pretty scary,\u201d said Barbara Culp, executive director of the Bicycle Alliance. \u201cIf you\u2019re carrying panniers, it would be easy to bump them on the railing, careen off onto the bare grating and go down hard.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;\">Barb reported that the narrow plate has caused a half-dozen spills\u2014none of them serious\u2014in the two years since the reopening, but she considers it \u201ca major accident waiting to happen.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Under pressure from the Bicycle Alliance, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ptbikes.org\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Port TownsendBicycle Association<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westsoundcycling.com\/homepage\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">West Sound Cycling Club<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.squeakywheels.org\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Squeaky Wheels<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"> (a Bainbridge Island cycling advocacy group), WSDOT recently announced plans to refit the narrow plating with a 5-foot-wide usable surface. Federal and state funds totaling $1.3 million have been allocated for the project.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;\">However, the state won\u2019t be accepting bids for the work until 2012. 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