It's on a narrow bridge quite dangerous for cyclists as cars tend to cut the turn to the left. After years of asking somebody decided to help themselves.
As a cyclist, I'm all for making cycling safer, but breaking road laws to achieve that goal is not the right way. That's a one-way street, clearly marked as not a sidewalk and definitely not a bike lane against the one-way street direction. Guerilla bike lane or not, imho it's a stupid and dangerous idea to walk or cycle there, especially in that direction.
For "no pedestrians", we have what to my eyes much more sensible: the same sign as the Italian one but with a strike through it [1]
[0]http://st2.depositphotos.com/7458252/11066/i/950/depositphot...
[1]http://www.gettyimages.es/detail/foto/no-pedestrians-in-irel...
You are right, because the signs are, roughly in this position:
1) One way road. 2) Pedestrian crossing, the one the kid is standing on.
3) No pedestrians allowed.
So yes, bikes shouldn't go down that bike lane. If it were an official one they would have changed the road signs to allow it. However I know that's a slow road, so combined with the white line it's probably safe at least during the day. In the night not so much, by direct experience, but bikes were going down there in the forbidden direction anyway.
> i milanesi hanno percorso in media 18,6 miglia
> in bici per andare al lavoro...
> velocità media a Milano 14,8 miglia all’ora
Or is this per week? Is it current to talk in "miglia" in modern Italian? (though even km would be high IMHO).
I wouldn't be at all surprised if the average American bike commuter averages 15 mph. But I'd also expect the average American bike commuter to be much faster than the average Milanese bike commuter because in the USA most bike commuters are dedicated enthusiasts.
18.7 miles per day seems like a really high average, but is entirely believable. I used to do something close to that, and our summers were also hot.
I live inside the city and I never mount my bike computer when moving around in there. The normal cyclists that use a bicycle to go shopping probably don't do more than 12 km/h, twice as much as a fast pedestrian. Obviously they don't record their journeys.
So, still skewed data but with an explanation.
14.8 miles per hour is 23,68. I usually do 20 when I move in the city because I don't want to sweat and I don't see many bikers going faster than me. Maybe that's because only fast bikers use Strava and it skews distances and speeds.