Posted by dgk on March 17, 2010, 8:23 am
On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:26:29 -0700 (PDT), TheTibetanMonkey
>> What about the paths for the bikes?
>There are two ways to go around it:
>1- BIKE PATHS FOR FAMILIES AND PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH
>TRAFFIC, AND
>2- LET THE BIKE 'TAKE THE LANE,' which means that the bike rides in
>the center of the lane and the vehicles must exit the lane 30' before
>and after.
>Put cameras everywhere and enforce above laws. No bikes on sidewalks.
>That's a sign of Banana Republic.
No rules are 100%. I very rarely ride on sidewalks but there is one
overpass across an expressway that is very dangerous to ride on. And I
commute through Manhattan so that takes some doing. However the
sidewalks are very wide so I sometimes take the sidewalks if the cars
are being overly crazy.
Posted by TibetanMonkey, Originator of t on March 17, 2010, 1:55 pm
> On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:26:29 -0700 (PDT), TheTibetanMonkey
> >> What about the paths for the bikes?
> >There are two ways to go around it:
> >1- BIKE PATHS FOR FAMILIES AND PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH
> >TRAFFIC, AND
> >2- LET THE BIKE 'TAKE THE LANE,' which means that the bike rides in
> >the center of the lane and the vehicles must exit the lane 30' before
> >and after.
> >Put cameras everywhere and enforce above laws. No bikes on sidewalks.
> >That's a sign of Banana Republic.
> No rules are 100%. I very rarely ride on sidewalks but there is one
> overpass across an expressway that is very dangerous to ride on. And I
> commute through Manhattan so that takes some doing. However the
> sidewalks are very wide so I sometimes take the sidewalks if the cars
> are being overly crazy.- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -
Yeah but...
a) If they enforced the laws...
b) The risk of hurting a pedestrian is always high.
Here they don't let you ride a bike on sidewalks only where the fat
cats live.
Posted by dgk on March 18, 2010, 9:06 am
On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:55:27 -0700 (PDT), "TibetanMonkey, Originator
>> On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:26:29 -0700 (PDT), TheTibetanMonkey
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>> >> What about the paths for the bikes?
>>
>> >There are two ways to go around it:
>>
>> >1- BIKE PATHS FOR FAMILIES AND PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH
>> >TRAFFIC, AND
>>
>> >2- LET THE BIKE 'TAKE THE LANE,' which means that the bike rides in
>> >the center of the lane and the vehicles must exit the lane 30' before
>> >and after.
>>
>> >Put cameras everywhere and enforce above laws. No bikes on sidewalks.
>> >That's a sign of Banana Republic.
>>
>> No rules are 100%. I very rarely ride on sidewalks but there is one
>> overpass across an expressway that is very dangerous to ride on. And I
>> commute through Manhattan so that takes some doing. However the
>> sidewalks are very wide so I sometimes take the sidewalks if the cars
>> are being overly crazy.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>Yeah but...
>a) If they enforced the laws...
>b) The risk of hurting a pedestrian is always high.
>Here they don't let you ride a bike on sidewalks only where the fat
>cats live.
I was riding in Chicago last summer and there are some streets where
the signs tell bikes to ride on the sidewalk because the roads really
are too narrow.
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>There are two ways to go around it:
>1- BIKE PATHS FOR FAMILIES AND PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH
>TRAFFIC, AND
>2- LET THE BIKE 'TAKE THE LANE,' which means that the bike rides in
>the center of the lane and the vehicles must exit the lane 30' before
>and after.
>Put cameras everywhere and enforce above laws. No bikes on sidewalks.
>That's a sign of Banana Republic.