The Richmond-San Rafael Bridge has a total length of approximately 5.5 miles (8.8 kilometers). A healthy adult will need an hour and a half to walk that far. A bicycle ride across the bridge would also not be an easy trip. The winds could be trouble.
As far as the residents of Richmond-San Rafael go. F them! The bridge goes over open water and has been there longer than they have been alive.
Should the bike lane be eliminated? If it is not used, yes.
* how much bunker fuel does it take to ship a bicycle from China?. What about the cardboard the bikes ship in, and what about the plastic bags used for parts inside the box. How many petrocalories does a bicyclist use in a half hour ride across a bridge?
An average bicycle rider on a daily commute could typically need about this many.
I am not pulling this number outa ma ass. It took research to come up with a reasonable number of Big Macs to provide the energy. I needed to round up a little to get two, but a bicyclist will also need to stay warm. And that will certainly take more calories than riding across in a metal box. I am justified by that, and by considering that everyone does not live at the ends of the bridge.How many
do the bicycle lanes use a day?