Walkers and e-scooter and bike riders will likely be formally separated on Brisbane’s Kurilpa Bridge, greater than a yr after the pace restrict on the bridge was doubled.
Lines will likely be painted on the car-free Kurilpa Bridge, which connects South Bank to Tank Street within the CBD, to mark out separate lanes for riders and walkers.
Current markings on the Kurilpa Bridge, which don’t clearly separate walkers from riders.Credit: Felicity Caldwell
Bike riders have been fined for exceeding the earlier 10km/h pace restrict on the bridge till the state authorities stated it might elevate the restrict, following questions from this masthead.
A CCTV research discovered that whereas the 10km/h restrict was nearly universally ignored, the overwhelming majority of interactions between riders and walkers didn’t appear to be disconcerting or uncomfortable.
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The authorities raised the pace restrict on the bridge to 20km/h final April – the identical because the Goodwill Bridge, which connects South Bank and the Queensland University of Technology.
It deliberate to color the bridge with “comfortable segregation”, however that by no means went forward.
In response to a letter from the Brisbane CBD Bicycle User Group, nevertheless, a spokesman from the Public Works Department stated it was lastly making ready to enhance markings on the Kurilpa Bridge.
“[This] will embody the replace of pace signage, plus the addition of sentimental segregation markings between pedestrians and cyclists to additional improve security for the customers of the bridge,” he stated.
How the Kurilpa Bridge will likely be segregated just isn’t clear.
The Kangaroo Point Bridge encourages pedestrians to stroll in each instructions on one facet of the bridge, below the shade cowl, whereas cyclists use the alternative facet.
‘Soft segregation’ on the Kangaroo Point Bridge.Credit: Nic Walker
Markings on the Goodwill Bridge encourage pedestrians to stroll on the surface edges of the bridge, whereas cyclists and e-scooter riders use the centre.
The Goodwill Bridge has markings to point pedestrians ought to stroll on the surface and cyclists ought to journey up the within.Credit: Dan Peled
