御池通自転車実行環境整備にかかる実証実験
The city of Kyoto appears to be testing out the possibility of installing bike lanes on the sidewalks of the wide boulevard that runs, east-west, at the north end of downtown.
Oike Dori is home to City Hall and leads to Nijo Castle. Underneath it runs the Tozai subway line and there is a shopping mall.
Above ground, the streetscape is wide and heavily concrete.
The sidewalks however have always been good for cyclists: wide and flat and easy to cohabit with pedestrians.
The city however is going to set up a test run - lines have been painted on the sidewalk along with new purple bike marks - with an eye towards creating a permanent lane. The test will last from November 12 - 18, from 7 am - 5 pm. It will extend from Oike Kawaramachi, at the corner of City Hall, to Karasuma.
Fingers crossed.
© CycleKyoto.com
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