There's a new twist to my evening commute home. Where I used to turn off Market onto Valencia from the left of the three lanes, jumping across two lanes of traffic with all the other bikers, the city has put in a turn lane and a light just for bikers.
There's a catch though. To make a left you've got to make a right as it's a jug-handle turn, as Dario's dad and anybody esle from New Jersey who's driven down Route 1 trying to make a left hand turn will know.
The other catch is that it takes longer, first by waiting out the light at Valencia in the bike lane and then becuase by waiting all but a juiced Lance are forced to miss the timed light at Duboce. But to get home to TBD and Baleen, I'll trade safety over 60 more seconds any day.
There's a catch though. To make a left you've got to make a right as it's a jug-handle turn, as Dario's dad and anybody esle from New Jersey who's driven down Route 1 trying to make a left hand turn will know.
The other catch is that it takes longer, first by waiting out the light at Valencia in the bike lane and then becuase by waiting all but a juiced Lance are forced to miss the timed light at Duboce. But to get home to TBD and Baleen, I'll trade safety over 60 more seconds any day.
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