Napoleon
Active Member
Shortly Richmond and Adelaide will get their extension to Parliament. Then, I think it will be a better bike route for transportation than Queen's Quay. Bicyclists can go as fast as they want there, as I don't think many exceed 40 km/hr unless on a steep hill.
The thing I don't like about the speed limit though, is it really should be dependent on conditions. If I'm on a section of the MGT away from pedestrians and have a tailwind, I can easily exceed 20 km/hr. Who cares then? If I'm on Queen's Quay and there are lots of pedestrians around, then maybe 10-15 km/hr is a more reasonable speed. Also most bikes aren't equipped with speedometers, so most cyclists don't know how fast they're going.
The thing I don't like about the speed limit though, is it really should be dependent on conditions. If I'm on a section of the MGT away from pedestrians and have a tailwind, I can easily exceed 20 km/hr. Who cares then? If I'm on Queen's Quay and there are lots of pedestrians around, then maybe 10-15 km/hr is a more reasonable speed. Also most bikes aren't equipped with speedometers, so most cyclists don't know how fast they're going.