Originally Posted by
jon c.
It's a tough city for biking though. Crowded narrow streets with a lot of distracted drivers. And more inebriated drivers than one would find in most cities.
Over the past 10 years NOLA has gone from ZERO to 100 miles of bike lanes. Mostly road diets and paint but some pretty fancy stuff between parked cars and the curb. I use those regularly to avoid the higher speed streets with no room for error. So I can still get around by bike, just not in front of automobile crosshairs (Hood ornaments). The drunks still manage to find their way onto sidewalks and bike lanes, but it is not the norm.I'm comfortable in most bike lanes but still use my helmet mounted mirror like a long haul trucker - a glance every 15 seconds or so.