George, George, George on Your Bicycle, Look Out for That...Ohhh!... Door!

BU Bikes, the Cycling Advocacy Blog at Boston University, has a photo of the aftermath of a Dooring, and a link to an excellent Back to School Bike Guide, by Boston Biker.

Read: Watch out for those doors!

Clearly the Motorist, in this case was wrong, but Bike Lanes to the left of where cars ARE allowed to park are not my favorite places to ride.

I despise painted Bike Lanes to the left of where parked cars are allowed because the open car door enters completely in the path of a cyclist in that lane.

In Long Beach, Ca., where i commute, everyday, everyone is oh so proud of 2 stretches of Bike Lanes on 2nd Street, and one on 1st, that I travel on with extreme caution.

The 1st part of the 2nd St. route is painted green, through a business district where cars park along the curb.

The 2nd 2nd St. section, and the 1st St. section, go thru a residential area where the parked cars are parked diagonally, and the drivers have to back-up to leave their space, and thus enter the bike lane.

On those 2 sections the cyclist also has to deal with the occasional cyclist riding the wrong way, ignoring the arrows, and the fact that the streets are one-way streets for all users!