Limburg erreicht den Höhepunkt seiner Idiokratie.

Goede kombo met die straten waar ge niet in mag

This looks like a dedicated pedestrian walkway

Niet op het gras fietsen?

Well, maybe it never was supposed to be a cycle path. But I’d rather have had them add the federally-compliant dashed lines instead.

I observe many people think it is ok to cycle on sidewalks because of all the cycle paths being on sidewalks. All these random ass paths with a D7 sign and no accessibility effort whatsoever are sowing confusion into the minds of all people I address on the street on the topic. Most people thinking that the D7 sign in fact means you’re forbidden from being on the road in this location, while elsewhere you have the choice between the road and the sidewalk.

You don’t need a license for a cycle. So infrastructure needs to be intuitive and idiot proof. I think the main way to achieve that is to use the ground markings we have defined in article 74 of the road code. Add red or whatever on top of it if you want – but the dashed lines are critical to distinguish a cycle path from a random sidewalk.

I’m mostly at war against red-only cycle paths because I’m colorblind and don’t see the difference between red and grey concrete. It’s an issue in the Netherlands too. Which they mostly address using the dotted line (like I have seen plenty times in Antwerpen iirc – that’s fine, keep it up).