The $600 Protected Bike Lane

As you can see in the video above, a volunteer simply flagged passers-by into the "pop-up" protected bike lane.

Andrew Kuncel, who organized the demonstration, called the one-block demo a "gold mine" for building the new coalition's list of public supporters.

"When they get to the end, you can basically get them to sign any type of petition," Kuncel said. "It just makes sense."

Kuncel said the whole operation cost about $600 for materials, though he suggested that other groups should try something lighter than plywood. The assembly took 10 people in a three-hour build session, and on the day of each event Kuncel rented a truck to haul them to the target location and set them up over the course of 100 to 250 feet.

I've seen these in the news for a few years now and wondered about the idea. I'm curious what would happen if the [Regional Transportation Commission] here in Reno did an experiment in MidTown along Virginia for one week to see what the response was like from the cycling community, the business owners, and the drivers? I can imagine kicking it off with a big bike event that hits a handful of the businesses in that growing retail district.