... I think that what many honking or yelling motorists really expect is that the bicyclist will already be left in the dust and irrelevant (i.e., inaudible...
... Gosh, I'm so glad that the motorists are nice around here and I don't have to resort to any of this. It's been years since I've heard a confrontational...
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Sep 1, 2005 3:37 pm
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... TF: Of course motorists are "nice" in your area; I already had that figured out without having ever been there! I've found motorists to be the same...
... The two things I've noticed everywhere I've cycled is that the locals think their drivers are crazy the local cylists don't ride like I do I haven't had a...
Thanks for the update, Fred. I have a few questions. Looking at the CA analysis, it appears most of our low "D" (56) score is due to our mandatory bike lane...
Chainguard list members, I'm a little late responding to this, but here's my input. Bear in mind that in less than two weeks my official status will be...
... Usually when you get a suggestion you don't respond unless someone said something that was erroneous or unfactual. Its the good way of taking criticism. I...
Michael
muer@...
Sep 5, 2005 12:05 am
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The Prokop case is progressing satisfactorily. The attorneys (Karen Coffin, lead appellate attorney, Matthew Blumkin, detail attorney, both of Nemecek & Cole)...
Mr. Stafford seems to be missing some of the points of this issue... more than scant attention to the issue seems to be needed. This is a case involving an...
I have noted none of this in the LAB 'channels' that I monitor. Maybe I've missed some member's input channel but I don't think so. ... From: "Jim Baross,...
I've been following this discussion on the SVBC list with interest. I'm not from the area. I think I've only biked on this stretch of Alma once (near the San ...
No, Alma is not that dangerous. I used to use it quite frequently, for various trips. And my dentist had his office on Alma. The story shows that even in a...
... If "other times" means when the density of vehicles traveling in the same direction is greater, and "more difficult" means that the drivers of those...
Sounds like a story about a paternal police officer--father knows best. They're only pulling you over for your own good. They often get reassurance from other...
... Lauren, You might consider removing references to "advanced." Let the viewer decide what type of cycling is being done. By pegging it as advanced, you make...
... Most people already have formed an opinion about bicycling in traffic (advanced or not). Rather than attempting to redefine what they already "know" to be...
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chainguard@yahoogroup...
Sep 11, 2005 9:19 am
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... decide what type ... By pegging it as advanced, you make a qualitative judgement ... <<< ... ... a more effective approach might be to replace "bicycling"...
Lauren Cooper (Dances...
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Sep 12, 2005 2:09 am
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After complaints from pedestrian groups, the Toledo city council delayed action on the proposed city ordinance that would permit sidewalk cycling. The law was...
... Actually, the Toledo Blade DID publish MY response to the situation on September 5th: http://tinyurl.com/dptqp It's near the bottom there. They misspelled...
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chainguard@yahoogroup...
Sep 25, 2005 9:44 am
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A while ago (I seem to have lost my record of it) I read some e-mails saying that some trail managers have gone to having peds face traffic (i.e. walk on the...
Any SD riders know if TOWER RD. can be ridden from Sorrento Valley up to the USInt'l Univ. campus on Genessee (or another back way from Sorrento Valley up to...
Lauren Cooper (Dances...
cyclemedia@...
Sep 27, 2005 12:39 pm
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Mr. Robert Ping, program director of the Portland Safe Routes to School program, rides his bike contraflow and on the sidewalk in this photo. ...
At least one section of one of the MUPs in Sacramento, Calif is posted for peds to travel facing the normal (on the right) flow of bicycle traffic... and to...
Thanks, Jim, Do you think you mean the American River Parkway? <http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=XFA043-039> According to this, they explain...
Mike: It has been some time - years - since I rode the Sacramento MUPs. I recall that signs along the path directed peds to travel to the outside, facing ...
... saying that some trail managers have gone to having peds face traffic (i.e. walk on the left). ... We rode on the Rillito River Path in Tucson, AZ in...