I noticed that there are new bollards installed along Marcos Highway and particularly along the curbs at either side of the road. These were installed only recently, perhaps last month, nut I only got a few photos the other day. Its not safe to take photos while one is driving so I asked the wife to take a few ones that I could use here and perhaps also in some of the lessons I teach.

These bollards are installed along the curb where a couple of fatal crashes occurred in the past months.

The bollards are probably there to help improve road safety. They are reflectorized to you can’t miss them at night. Immediately behind them though are concrete barriers so hitting these will definitely damage the vehicle with a possibility of serious injuries to the vehicle occupants if not fatalities. Could there be a safer design intervention here? Perhaps that curbside lane can be converted into a protected bicycle lane. The barrier and the bike lane itself will be a buffer zone between motor vehicle traffic and active transport including pedestrians.

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