13 WORST Bike Lanes in the World

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We all love great cycling infrastructure, but sometimes we see something that makes us question the sanity of local decision makes.

So we’ve explored the world to find the WORST bike lanes there are. These are truly horrendous.

Comment below with your favourite worst bike lane.

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[Music] the dangerous the silly and the downright wacky we’ve scoured the globe to find some examples of the worst bike Lanes in the world some of these will make you roll your eyes and the first two will certainly leave you shaking your head but our last example shows how good bike Lanes can and should be done here we are then 13 of the world’s worst bike Lanes one a moronic cycle Lane first upep it’s this moronic cyc lane from Edinburgh Scotland this one gets our goat it’s not something you’d expect to deal with when driving a car along the road so why do cyclists have to put up with this kind of ill out infrastructure Heaven only knows the design is thanks to the route needing to passer stops and loading Bays apparently some super internet slothing reveals that Edinburgh city council saw the error of their ways and submitted plans to alter the route in 2023 two caution obstruction if it’s not someone getting creative with the spray paint arguably the second worst type of bike lane is one peppered with obstructions from street lights to pot plants concrete ballards to trees we’ve seen it all but this B Lane in Romania is perhaps the most famous whilst County observers have said that the tree was there first that shouldn’t have stopped the bik lane designers from rooting around the tree hey ho painting an arrow on the tree will improve things right three this way yeah right core a lovely well surfaced well marked side way straight into a building site whilst London’s recent increase in cycling infrastructure has been rightly praised this bike lane isn’t great is it maybe the hoardings to this development located on the river temps have now been taken down here’s hoping four Follow the arrow signage by its very definition should be helpful but you have to feel somewhat sorry for the poor soul who was tasked with spraying this poor bik Lane onto the road this one is from the outskirts of Edinburgh Scotland and whilst we’re at it that picture of the bike shouldn’t be repeated anywhere else what a shocker five paint equals bike lane okay okay any attempt to add some sort of bicycle infrastructure to Today’s Car orientated roads should be applauded but when this is the kind of thing that some people think constitutes a bike lane we need to say something when riding cars passing in close proximity even at low speeds can be quite off-putting that’s why simply whacking out a paintbrush and dobbing some white lines on the tarmac shouldn’t be regarded as creating a bicycle lane the best bicycle lanes are completely segregated from traffic and depending on the exact design are comfortable enough for Riders to pass each other sometimes in both directions this shocker is from Louisville Kentucky and given it dates back to the early 2010s we’re hoping it’s long since been changed six short but not sweet why don’t cyclists use bicycle Lanes exhibit a your honor this minute bicycle lane is from a location that’s already appeared in our list of the worst B Lanes in the world Edinburgh in Scotland we challenge even the the most militant of cycle Lane users to hop off the main road and enjoy the mere 5 m of pedaling Freedom before being unceremoniously dumped back onto the road seven that narrow still in England but further south now in Birmingham narrow cycle Lanes usually involve a thin ribbon of pain and this example is no different whilst the lane on its own is acceptably wide this post on X shows just how incredibly narrow the bike lane becomes when a tram comes past definitely not enough for a rider and bike back to the drawing board for this one we feel eight the roller coaster over to Hungary in the small town of Coran to something that will get all you engineering types twitching a raised roadway and a bike lane at a slightly lower level left the planners with no option but to add these rather extraordinary larger bumps every 5 m or so was it to facilitate the drainage of the road or even as exit and entry points to other routes whatever the reason it certainly doesn’t make a great bike lane yes riding it on a mountain bike might be fun but when you want to get from A to B home to office this kind of forced fun really isn’t appreciated what we will give the planers points for is the lanes segregations and clear markings nine the scenic route going by bike is hard enough out in all weather mixing it up with other Road users but when planners make you ride further than you need to well that’s just a kick in the teeth cyclists in North Yorkshire England are the unfortunate recipients of this bike lane 10 electric cars eh marketed as the planet savior electric cars can sometimes be the scourge of bike Lanes too this example from an unknown location shows the hazards of on street or at home electric car charging we’re wincing at the thought of riding along and becoming entangled in that 11 Wacky Races like imitating Mario Kart in real life like adding a sense of Jeopardy to your daily bike ride give this bike lane a go our first entry from South America via vieno Colombia to be exact that drain cover just looks like the perfect width for swallowing bicycle t ties 12 downright bizaar up in the northern part of England now and this downright Bazar cycle Lane in Halifax West Yorkshire although it’s less bike lane and more bike parking cdale Council the local government Department that installed painted the lane said it had been designed to meet National guidelines one local quipped it’s a magical cuerdale force field for bikes you can leave your bike and it won’t get nicked 13 wait what the 13th and final bike lane on our Black List is this sign ridden nightmare from a in the maré central Italy whilst we’ll give the designers plenty of points for the bright green smooth looking surface they ruined things as soon as they lifted their white pain out of the van okay we can see what they were trying to achieve but what’s wrong with a simple T Junction or intersection and now something to put your mind at ease a well-designed cycle Lane showing it is entirely possible to create bicycle infrastructure that makes it safer and more pleasant to ride a bike this newly constructed cycle paath well relatively new anyway it was finished in 2019 connects the city center with Birmingham University and Celio a beautiful ribbon of blue the bidirectional lane 4 km in length is completely separated from the busy road traffic plying its way around the a38 into and out of Birmingham at intersections and Junctions signs and Road markings are clear and concise well done Birmingham city council