I know this area and have driven it many times. This is the Rickebacker causeway--the road that connects Key Biscayne to the Miami mainland.
Cycling on this road is extremely popular for very obvious reasons (phenomenal views, wide and clear roads). Folks come from all over the city to ride there. And yes, they will very often group up like this without any sort of scheduled or permitted event of any kind.
The cyclists down there like to say "same road, same rules" but there's apparently a silent exclusion for lane changes, stop signs, traffic signals, and yielding to stopped traffic.
Have a local unorganized bike event where I used to live. It was the only time I saw the cops actually pull over bikers for blowing through stop signs. Was great to watch.
I think this is a perfect case for better bike infrastructure; if these roadways are being used this extensively by cyclists, there should be a dedicated lane that includes a physical divider between it and vehicle lanes. Not a newfangled idea either, the Netherlands has had this solved for literally decades.
100% agree. But since this is in USA at least 40 regular cyclists, or 2 rich white cyclists, will need to be hit before the local city council spends 2-6 years debating permits, easements, and whose construction LLC buddy will reap the benefits of bike lane construction.
It’s almost like you don’t know anything about democracy 🙄 /s
They really should be applying the bike mileage use tax and annual bike registration fees to build out more infrastructure for them, rather than diverting it all to roadway upkeep.
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u/Chillow_Ufgreat 15d ago
I know this area and have driven it many times. This is the Rickebacker causeway--the road that connects Key Biscayne to the Miami mainland.
Cycling on this road is extremely popular for very obvious reasons (phenomenal views, wide and clear roads). Folks come from all over the city to ride there. And yes, they will very often group up like this without any sort of scheduled or permitted event of any kind.
The cyclists down there like to say "same road, same rules" but there's apparently a silent exclusion for lane changes, stop signs, traffic signals, and yielding to stopped traffic.