Oh wow! Essex Council's Highway Dept are actually celebrating this! #PaintIsNotInfrastructure #PaintIsNotProtectiveInfrastructure
January 8, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Oh wow! Essex Council's Highway Dept are actually celebrating this! #PaintIsNotInfrastructure #PaintIsNotProtectiveInfrastructure
It should be malpractice to have a "painted bike lane" narrower than the "bike lane" stencil. Vancouver has a few of these. 😒
#bikeyvr #PaintIsNotInfrastructure
#bikeyvr #PaintIsNotInfrastructure
Interviewer: Is this bike lane safe?
Applicant: No
Interviewer: Would you ride in it?
Applicant: No
Interviewer: Would you let your kids ride in it?
Applicant: No
Interviewer: Would you still implement it in our city?
Applicant: Yes
Interviewer: Welcome to the Transportation Department
Applicant: No
Interviewer: Would you ride in it?
Applicant: No
Interviewer: Would you let your kids ride in it?
Applicant: No
Interviewer: Would you still implement it in our city?
Applicant: Yes
Interviewer: Welcome to the Transportation Department
December 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It should be malpractice to have a "painted bike lane" narrower than the "bike lane" stencil. Vancouver has a few of these. 😒
#bikeyvr #PaintIsNotInfrastructure
#bikeyvr #PaintIsNotInfrastructure
Yeah, we get that nonsense on smaller roundabouts. youtu.be/dtt_KzNuYzE... #PaintIsNotInfrastructure #PaintIsNotProtectiveInfrastructure
Construction of new 'cycling infra', Alexandra Road, Farnborough Hampshire 11th July 2015
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Yeah, we get that nonsense on smaller roundabouts. youtu.be/dtt_KzNuYzE... #PaintIsNotInfrastructure #PaintIsNotProtectiveInfrastructure
Paint is not infrastructure.
"Vancouver’s painted lanes were associated with higher cyclist KSI; Calgary’s cycle tracks with fewer KSI."
KSI = Killed or seriously injured
doi.org/10.1016/j.aa...
"Vancouver’s painted lanes were associated with higher cyclist KSI; Calgary’s cycle tracks with fewer KSI."
KSI = Killed or seriously injured
doi.org/10.1016/j.aa...
November 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I started wondering.. maybe these painted bike symbols do not actually have any magic powers y to keep cyclists safe?
#PaintIsNotInfrastructure
#PaintIsNotInfrastructure
November 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I started wondering.. maybe these painted bike symbols do not actually have any magic powers y to keep cyclists safe?
#PaintIsNotInfrastructure
#PaintIsNotInfrastructure
No Level Crossing Removal Authority, I will not be using this lane to turn right near the Maddox Road. #PaintIsNotInfrastructure. 🙄🤦♀️
Of course there won't be road rage or cyclists hit.
Of course there won't be road rage or cyclists hit.
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 AM
No Level Crossing Removal Authority, I will not be using this lane to turn right near the Maddox Road. #PaintIsNotInfrastructure. 🙄🤦♀️
Of course there won't be road rage or cyclists hit.
Of course there won't be road rage or cyclists hit.
As someone recently 'doored' and concussed after cycling in sharrows,
I'll spell it out again...
Paint.
Isn't.
Infrastructure.
#PaintIsntInfrastructure
#sharrows=ShittyArrows
I'll spell it out again...
Paint.
Isn't.
Infrastructure.
#PaintIsntInfrastructure
#sharrows=ShittyArrows
Another reminder that a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Well so is paint but relies on drivers to abide the paint/plastic & drive safely. Unfortunately too many don't so as useful as a chocolate teapot. #PaintIsNotInfrastructure #PaintIsNotProtectiveInfrastructure
October 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Well so is paint but relies on drivers to abide the paint/plastic & drive safely. Unfortunately too many don't so as useful as a chocolate teapot. #PaintIsNotInfrastructure #PaintIsNotProtectiveInfrastructure
You know the driver will defend against this with 'I wasn't in the (crappy) cycle lane. #PaintIsNotInfrastructure #PaintIsNotProtectiveInfrastructure
October 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
You know the driver will defend against this with 'I wasn't in the (crappy) cycle lane. #PaintIsNotInfrastructure #PaintIsNotProtectiveInfrastructure
Most councils do... #PaintIsNotInfrastructure #PaintIsNotProtectiveInfrastructure
October 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Most councils do... #PaintIsNotInfrastructure #PaintIsNotProtectiveInfrastructure
Voie "suggestive".
Je suppose que alors c'est une voie a double sens pour les voitures aussi. Donc ce n'est un aménagement cyclable.
#paintIsNotInfrastructure.
Je suppose que alors c'est une voie a double sens pour les voitures aussi. Donc ce n'est un aménagement cyclable.
#paintIsNotInfrastructure.
September 20, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Voie "suggestive".
Je suppose que alors c'est une voie a double sens pour les voitures aussi. Donc ce n'est un aménagement cyclable.
#paintIsNotInfrastructure.
Je suppose que alors c'est une voie a double sens pour les voitures aussi. Donc ce n'est un aménagement cyclable.
#paintIsNotInfrastructure.
“Student safety is our priority”
A tip for the #NewWest school district: paint makes nobody safe, install bollards.
A tip for the #NewWest school district: paint makes nobody safe, install bollards.
September 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
September 14, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Of course the bollards can't be on the roads to protect those cycling too... 🤬🤬🤬🤬 #PaintIsNotInfrastructure #PaintIsNotProtectiveInfrastructure
July 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Of course the bollards can't be on the roads to protect those cycling too... 🤬🤬🤬🤬 #PaintIsNotInfrastructure #PaintIsNotProtectiveInfrastructure
Alas that's just paint to give reasons to drivers to be even more abusive. It's not even a mandatory cycle lane so parking is allowed in it! #PaintIsNotInfrastructure #PaintIsNotProtectiveInfrastructure
July 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Alas that's just paint to give reasons to drivers to be even more abusive. It's not even a mandatory cycle lane so parking is allowed in it! #PaintIsNotInfrastructure #PaintIsNotProtectiveInfrastructure
June 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
In The Gutter with #SundayCycle Liverpool Street
June 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM
But why won’t the cyclists just use the #bikelane that we paid £3.50 to make?
If you can park in it then it’s not a bike lane #paintisnotinfrastructure
If a driver has to cross the lane markings to pass you then you’re already slowing traffic. Just park legally.
If you can park in it then it’s not a bike lane #paintisnotinfrastructure
If a driver has to cross the lane markings to pass you then you’re already slowing traffic. Just park legally.
June 7, 2025 at 8:24 AM
But why won’t the cyclists just use the #bikelane that we paid £3.50 to make?
If you can park in it then it’s not a bike lane #paintisnotinfrastructure
If a driver has to cross the lane markings to pass you then you’re already slowing traffic. Just park legally.
If you can park in it then it’s not a bike lane #paintisnotinfrastructure
If a driver has to cross the lane markings to pass you then you’re already slowing traffic. Just park legally.
gotta be one of the most useless bike lanes cdot has ever painted
June 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The VULC returned to SW Marine Drive today, updating an assessment ride from 10 years ago. Not much has changed, unfortunately. Fast, close vehicles; debris; barriers pushed into the cycling lane; bollards destroyed by vehicles; inconsistent treatments. #PaintIsNotInfrastructure #bikeyvr
June 2, 2025 at 3:38 AM
The VULC returned to SW Marine Drive today, updating an assessment ride from 10 years ago. Not much has changed, unfortunately. Fast, close vehicles; debris; barriers pushed into the cycling lane; bollards destroyed by vehicles; inconsistent treatments. #PaintIsNotInfrastructure #bikeyvr
And yes. Motorists driving in dedicated cycling infrastructure IS a daily occurrence on my rides. This is why I scream about #PaintIsNotInfrastructure: because even concrete barriers are not enough to keep entitled motorists from "sharing road safety" badly.
May 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
And yes. Motorists driving in dedicated cycling infrastructure IS a daily occurrence on my rides. This is why I scream about #PaintIsNotInfrastructure: because even concrete barriers are not enough to keep entitled motorists from "sharing road safety" badly.