Issue 1: Useless Door Zone Bike Lanes need to be removed from Google Maps
Summary: Many "Dedicated lanes" marked on Google Maps Cycling layer are not actually dedicated to cycling and are more accurately described as Door Zone Bike Lanes. Most of these are not even legal bike lanes as they don't meet the minimum requirements. Moreover, the technical term for the wide parking lane variety is Shared Parking and Bicycle Lane - which obviously aren't dedicated to cycling.While Exclusive Bike Lanes are far preferable, some Shared Parking and Bicycle Lanes or Door Zone Bike Lanes are sufficiently wide enough for cyclists to ride within them but outside of the door zone. These should be retained in Google Maps Cycling layer if they are useful cycling routes.
However, other bike lanes are so narrow that a cyclist can't ride within them while staying out of the door zone. In these cases, the lane markings are dangerously misleading and certainly should not be listed on Google Maps as Dedicated lanes.
Below, I use video with a GPS-driven Google Maps overlay to highlight the issues with these Door Zone Bike Lanes.
Suggested Action: Please use the Comments to add the location of all Door Zone Bike Lanes that ought to be removed from Google Maps Cycling layer (Typically: Dedicated lanes). Melbourne ones will be added to a single, custom Google map.
Brunswick Rd. Many "Dedicated lanes" on Google Maps should be removed as they provide no safe cycling space within them.
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