I could imagine that for a few minutes at rush hour some of the lights need to be a little longer for Price St. traffic. That’s most likely a problem at Henry and Anderson because those two lights are so close together. If so, it’s a pretty simple fix and I hope the city moves ahead quickly.

I hadn’t noticed the continued parking on the sidewalks in a few spots, but that’s also something that needs some stepped up enforcement — or for now just some stepped up warning citations with a friendly reminder that there are now legal on-street spaces. I’m puzzled after more than two years of planning some better notification processes weren’t in place and ready to go.

Tonight I pedaled all the way from Bay to Victory in the bike lane and found it very enjoyable. Bill, I think you may be on to something with the light timing. That might mitigate some of the problems Greg saw.

I had hoped the new on-street parking would dissuade people from parking on the sidewalks, but that problem persists.

Thanks for the honest comment, Greg. I’m sure a lot of people will agree with you.

It certainly didn’t have to be that way. The piecemeal signage and markings created all sorts of confusion. I probably would have blocked the whole right side off with orange cones for a week or so to get people used to one lane traffic there — and that would have been the perfect time to see whether any of the lights need to be green longer. (It sounds like from your comment that they do.) With just one lane, fewer cars can get through on a green, and some of those times might need extending — which should have been another entirely predictable thing to look at. I brought it up in my column before.

Of course, the main reason you didn’t see anyone using the bike lane is that drivers were still using it. We had some really unsafe conditions for much of last week.