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]]> https://getgoingnc.com/2011/02/new-signs-give-raleigh-greenways-direction/comment-page-1/#comment-16591 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:08:38 +0000 http://www.getgoingnc.com/?p=1992#comment-16591 I agree that the new signs are a great and welcome addition to Raleigh’s greenways. I’m probably less appreciative because I have already invested a lot of time figuring it out the hard way (as in, “Where the heck am I now? Oh, so that’s where that goes”). But where I feel like Raleigh still needs work is where there are gaps in the greenways. When I first moved out near Crabtree Valley Mall, I wanted to see how far I could go along the greenway following the creek. Looking on-line, I thought I could go a good distance, but the pavement ended too soon, leaving me on a rough, single-track, up a stairway to Hertford St., and on to… Nowhere. Biking a block in either direction didn’t help, so I gave up. Returning home, I looked up the Greenway map where it showed a continuous Greenway from Lindsay Dr. to Milburnie Rd. (not that the map ever tells you the road names). I eventually took to carrying a map of the city with me and drawing the greenways in, marking intersections, underpasses, and where I had to take to the streets. I found the stretch behind Root Elementary, and eventually I saw the postage stamp-sized sign across the road directing me down Lassiter Mill. One day I lost that map, but by then the twists and turns and missing pieces were second nature, and then Google came along and married road data and bicycle data for me, and there was much rejoicing. But just a couple of months ago I saw some lost soul at the top of the Hertford stairway looking around in confusion. I was able to send him on his way with hints about how to traverse the next couple of gaps. So, yes, I love the new signage, but until they put in equally noticeable signs to get you through the gaps (and fix their map to show you when and where you’ll be on streets and what those streets are), then I’m going to stand by my decision to award “Worst signage” to Raleigh. As with many aspects of Raleigh’s bicycling infrastructure, they are improving rapidly, but there are still some basic changes that could make the greenways more accessible to new users.

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