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Originally Posted by Arctic Fox
I have three questions regarding Morse Boulevard, north of 466:
1) each side lane is marked "Golf cart and bike lane". Are they really multi-modal, or are walkers meant to walk on the grass (which is full of ruts and pot-holes)?
2) the roundabout at the north end of Morse is encircled by a golf-cart path. Is this a roundabout, too, or can golf carts go either way round it?
3) I have seen golf-carts traveling south stop at the Rio Grande traffic lights, then proceed as if they were going "right on red". This is no more dangerous than a true "right on red" but is it legal?
My thinking is:
1) the lanes should be treated as true multi-modal;
2) should be treated as a roundabout;
3) stop and wait for the green light.
I am interested in what your answer would be to each of the above but, also, where might I find a definitive, legally-binding answer to these questions?
Thank you
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1) When a roadway has a bicycle & Cart Lane or for that matter any roadway with a bicycle lane along the curb is IS NOT FOR WALKING! Think about those roads where they have a bicycle/cart lane and a right turn lane, and the multimodal lane moves inside of the turn lane--you'd have pedestrian traffic crossing traffic at turn lanes-very dangerous. Pedestrians never have walkways along roadways, a;though they do have cross walks, designated pedestrian with controlled by lights or pedestrian right of way.
Carts are not permitted on sidewalks, nor are bicycles supposed to be on sidewalks. I'm not sure if the development or other governing body has defined use of the off-road multimodal paved paths, but thinking they are there for pedestrian traffic seems like a dangerous assumption. There are some sharp turns and two way traffic that does not leave room for protected pedestrians. The carts are traveling anywhere from 19-25mph on average depending on whether they are also street legal
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