That's been there for years and is definitely odd.
2009-06-24 13:01:09
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No Bicycles allowed signage in North Park
On a paved road leading to the tennis courts in North Park, there is a sign indicating that no bicycles are allowed. (image at http://tinyurl.com/ncuu6y ).
Seemed pretty weird, considering that pedestrians, motorized two-wheel vehicles are allowed passage...
If I were to attempt a guess, and I could be wrong, is because the pedestrian and bike trail that goes around the lake, near that sign, goes up a hill, and pedestrians and cyclists were short-cutting by following this paved road to the boathouse, and reconnecting with the designated hike-bike trail. Maybe the moms at the playground between the tennis courts and the boathouse were complaining of cyclists zipping by too fast. ... just a guess...
also, I find it humorous that the sign is in two "languages": iconic and textual, one sign has the image of a bicycle crossed over with a diagonal red line, and the other sign is the prohibition message spelled out in English language alphabetical text.
2009-06-24 12:49:34
sherpes, did you get my fb msg about this?
2009-06-24 13:53:22
The intention could be to limit biking to the roads with wide shoulders that have been designated as bike/pedestrian lanes.
But, considering the age of the sign, the county either:
1. Was sued.
2. Put the sign up after a councilperson or constituent complained.
They still do that from time to time, but not as often as before.
2009-06-24 14:06:12
That area should be redesigned. Even pedestrians and strollers use the area between the boat house and tennis courts. They use the road due to where there is a shoulder, its gravel. Unsafe to drive as cars are ignored. I'll bring this up at the next "Friends of North Park" meeting on July 9th at 7:00 PM at the Cabin in North Park. It may be part of the dredging project as $500,000.00 is slated for Lake trails. This has nothing to do with PTAG trails.
2009-06-24 14:54:00
$500k!? Those trails will cost more than 3 million.
The area where this sign is located is outside the Army Corps/Allegheny County Ecosystem Restoration project limits. the project limit is a little bit past the boathouse and it's parking lot.
2009-06-24 15:03:12
The sign has been there for at least 12 years, and it didn't look new when I first noticed it when I started regularly riding in North Park around 1997.
2009-06-24 15:51:03
Which is more fun, poaching that road or the trails by the nature center?
Not that i have ever done either
2009-06-24 20:43:30
Not that I've done either, but the trails by the nature center.
2009-06-24 21:04:57