When I used to bike daily I would routinely hit almost 30 km/h. Today being older and wiser, I don’t see why that should be allowed in city bikelanes. We have many narrow bikelanes where there is only barely room for passing, on such lanes 20 km/h absolutely sound like a good idea for all, including people in good shape on race bikes and small mopeds that are allowed in the bikelanes.
When I used to bike daily I would routinely hit almost 30 km/h. Today being older and wiser, I don’t see why that should be allowed in city bikelanes. We have many narrow bikelanes where there is only barely room for passing, on such lanes 20 km/h absolutely sound like a good idea for all, including people in good shape on race bikes and small mopeds that are allowed in the bikelanes.
Fair, roadracers and the like can certainly get fast enough to become a nuisance. The bike lane in the article looks fairly wide, though.
Not all bikelanes are like that.
You can have more than one speed limit. e.g. 20 for narrow lanes, 25 for wide lanes.