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BridgeTheGap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 01:52 PM Original message |
Beyond Bike Lanes |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. UTNE. Great magazine. I used to have a subscription..... |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm happy to accommodate bikes on the street just as long as the cyclists obey traffic laws also. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Also? |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Everyone must obey traffic laws. No many motorists do not obey traffic laws. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Chicken and egg |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Pretty much the way i ride n/t |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 06:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. In Idaho it's legal for cyclists to treat Stop signs as Yield signs |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. You might try the perspective that a guy on a bike, weighing in at |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. There is a justification for everything I guess. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 09:57 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Logic? In a direct confrontation between a bicycle and a SUV, |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Year round rider/commuter . . in Iowa (ie hard winter weather) |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. You sure as hell don't win me over. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 03:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I'm not interested in winning you over. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 06:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. You don't know traffic laws very well. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 08:49 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. And you don't know urban bicycling. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 06:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Studies have shown that segregated bike lanes are more dangerous |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. More ideas |
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FightingIrish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. I've been bike commuting for over thirty years. |
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SocialistLez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. I'd love to bike |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. Two problems I have observed - car drivers not "seeing" bikes and "bike lanes" which go nowhere. |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. NPR: A National Network Of Bike Trails? It Could Happen |
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SocialistLez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 04:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I'd love that but I think we're a LONG way off from that kind of progress. NT |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Having a Secretary of Transportation who is a bicyclist is a good start |
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SocialistLez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. It is. It would also be good if we had more members of Congress |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
26. Yes, given that we already have such a trail between DC and Ohio. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
23. Making the streets safe for bicycles is without a doubt one of the best environmental policies ever. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. +1 |
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