Originally Posted by
Daniel4
Bloor Street Bike Lane Survey December 13, 2016 to May 4, 2017...
Very, very interesting. I did some Googling trying to find the source in the meantime, and I found a Streetsblog article referencing a 2014 Portland State University study that found the following:
Originally Posted by Streetsblog USA
"...96 percent of people surveyed while riding in protected bike lanes said the plastic posts or parked-car barriers increased the safety of biking in the street."
Source: https://usa.streetsblog.org/2014/06/...-safer-biking/
In other words, ~4% of those who actually used the PBL in Portland thought it unsafe or equal to the prior config. Almost the same as the Bloor Street survey.
Not surprised that this is also within the 4-7% that make up the Highly Confident rider demographic according to the FHWA (2019). Obviously nothing more than a corollary, but something I'll keep in the back of my mind if any more stats like this pop up.
-Kurt