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Over the years we have drawn a number of Bike and Road and BikeLane cartoons. Some references will be pretty much bound by local knowledge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The banana bike references a stretch near the university, an arc shaped park dubbed The Banana Kingdom<\/strong>. The path’s branding graffiti being recently painted over, it seemed like the easiest way to get some path maintenance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cyclists were told to stay off the sidewalks and ride on the road. In-city 60 km 4 lane highways aren’t very inviting. London #Ldnont is famously Not Just Bike’s <\/strong>Fake London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meantime discussion dwelled on what was the best way to deal with them. How should they be separated? Should they be separated? The fastest, cheapest solution was painted separators painted overnight so as not to disrupt traffic. Some flappy bollard and some concrete curb island lanes have been installed on various stretches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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