Chicane

Zürich, Switzerland

15 Jul, 2021 - 5 years ago - on Kornhausstrasse
Riding from a very good designed cycling lane into a conflict zone. As a cyclist in that conflict zone you need to permanent optically track various obstacles and react accordingly:

1) bump due to a high curb after crossing the street level,
2) The cycling lane behind the bus station is very narrow, due to the Bus station, large trees and the car on the sidewalk,
3) Smartphone zombies without head: it is difficult to predict their behavior because they look down, can stop at any spot or walk in any direction without a sign,
4) passenger leaving the bus might cross your way,
5) incorrect parked bike and a traffic light limit the flow of cyclists into the next section of the cycling lane.

... all in an uphill section where you would like to keep momentum and not slow down.