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Dealing With Interesections As A Bicyclist Commute Night Bike Blogger

2,470 views · Published 9 June 2017 · 14:00 · Indexed 23 October 2026

Channel: BikeBlogger · 2017 · People & Blogs

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How do you deal with intersections while riding a bike?

1. Per the rules of the road.

2. Cross as a pedestrian.

3. Avoid busy intersections and go the long way around.

4. Make a U turn instead of using a turning lane within the intersection.

5. Enter and exit the intersection as fast as possible.

During this video I thought about dealing with this one busy intersection on my daily bike commute.

Getting on the bike trail from the road at that intersection can only really be safely done by getting off your bike and walking it across the crosswalk because of concrete islands separating turning lanes and a yield lane from the crosswalk - no easy connection for a road cyclist to jump onto the bike trail without dismounting.

I could wait at the traffic light and then go left a while until the first driveway and hop on the bike trail there but at that point I'd rather stay on the road and not even bother with the bike trail. Ugh.

I will have to find an alternate route eventually because that intersection annoys me. Once the bike trail expansion is done this problem will still exist but the new trail will link up with the crosswalk more practically.

My takeaway: Bike trails aren't often built with road cyclists in mind.

My Bike: Wabi Lightning SE

My Channel: BikeBlogger.com

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