Exhibition St between La Trobe St and Little Bourke St - Fix Dedicated lanes to indicate they are part-time only
Summary: This stretch of Exhibition St has Dedicated bike lanes only for a couple of hours (peak hour) of the day on weekdays only. Yet Google Maps displays permanent Dedicated lanes as if they are available 24/7.Even worse, unlike some other part-time Dedicated lanes (e.g. Sydney Rd type), the type represented by Exhibition St do not provide any safe cycling space outside of the peak hour times. Cyclists then have to fully mix it with busy motor traffic.
Google Maps should differentiate these Part-time Dedicated lanes from permanent Dedicated lanes by using a variation of the green line symbol (e.g. with a symbol overlaid on the part-time sections).
Status: Reported to Google Maps on 30 June 2016 but not yet fixed.
Issue Type: Issue 3: A new cycling layer classification for Part-time Dedicated lanes should be added to Google Maps
GPS Photo of Part-time bike lane: (Current Google Map: -37.808306,144.968944)
GPS Photo of cycling conditions on Exhibition St outside of the peak hour period:
As you can see, outside of the peak hour period, there are no Dedicated bike lanes, nor any informal cycling space mostly dedicated to cyclists. Riders have to mix it up with motor traffic in one of the traffic lanes.
As of 30th June 2016, Google Maps represented the Exhibition St part-time bike lanes the same as 24/7 Dedicated lanes like those on La Trobe St. This is clearly misleading for over 90% of the hours in a week.
Further Info:
Bicycle Network
> Inner: Exhibition Street/Batman Avenue
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