Originally Posted by
rumrunn6
are pedestrians moving back and forth from one side to the other constantly to follow this rule depending on what bikes are approaching? that would be crazy. what bike flow are they supposed to be responding to? it just doesn't make sense. what if bikes are coming toward them from both directions?
No, the bikes change lanes if the left lane is open to pass. Otherwise, the bike has to wait just like I would if both lanes were filled under any other rule. What I found, though, was that when people were facing you, they'd actually move to open up half the lane because they saw me coming and it was easy to do.
It may be counter-intuitive, but I'm converted having seen it in action--everything went easier when the pedestrians could see me coming.