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23866 Darrell Noakes
borealisoutdoor Send Email
Dec 2, 2007
9:22 pm
The survey strikes me as being the equivalent of asking 14-year-olds and other non-licenced drivers what motorists need, but you can judge for yourself.... ...
23867 Kenneth O'Brien
kob22225 Send Email
Dec 2, 2007
9:37 pm
... Have you read this study, yet? How does a survey of a population with a false paradigm belief manage to contradict that bicyclists fare best when they act...
23868 chainguard@yahoogroup... Send Email Dec 2, 2007
9:41 pm
================================== THE CHAINGUARD LIST IS NOT INTENDED AS A CHAT ROOM, FORUM OR BULLETIN BOARD FOR BICYCLING CHIT-CHAT OR DISCUSSION OF...
23869 Darrell Noakes
borealisoutdoor Send Email
Dec 2, 2007
10:13 pm
Looks like you've written the first letter to the editor (self-propelled@...). Also, be sure to check out the proposed cycling injuries study, which ...
23870 Kenneth O'Brien
kob22225 Send Email
Dec 2, 2007
10:27 pm
... Saw it. Note it has Pucher referenced a number of times but never references any of the well known and well accepted studies on point. Ken...
23871 John Forester
biketransengr Send Email
Dec 2, 2007
11:42 pm
Kay Tesche's study tells us nothing new, it just repackages the common superstitions as reported by a new batch of respondents. Ms Wrathall incorrectly writes...
23872 Robert J. Matter
rjmatter00 Send Email
Dec 3, 2007
4:37 am
... http://www.indyculturaltrail.info/ Bob Matter Hammond, Indiana ... Cyclestrians fare best when accommodated with exclusive space free of vehciles....
23873 Kenneth O'Brien
kob22225 Send Email
Dec 3, 2007
1:07 pm
... Wide outside through lanes do not make cycling better. Please consider either dropping that all together - or a suggested ... If roadway designers wish to...
23874 Keri Caffrey
trafficcivil... Send Email
Dec 3, 2007
3:03 pm
Sometimes WOLs make it easier for cyclists to pass motorists. In normal operation, I prefer to be in the traffic lane, rather than beside it. But when traffic...
23875 Wayne Pein
wawa42p Send Email
Dec 3, 2007
7:22 pm
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/ la-me-settlement28nov28,0,1747794.story?coll=la-home-center Apparently two women joggers struck by a car driven in a 9-12 ft...
23876 Wayne Pein
wawa42p Send Email
Dec 3, 2007
7:28 pm
http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/12/ new-high-visibility-bike-lanes-in-brooklyn/ Blue bike lanes in Portland, neon green in Brooklyn. I really like high viz...
23877 Serge Issakov
ljserge Send Email
Dec 3, 2007
7:36 pm
The law that prohibits pedestrians (including joggers) from using bike lanes only applies if there is no suitable pedestrian facility (sidewalk) available. ...
23878 Keri Caffrey
trafficcivil... Send Email
Dec 3, 2007
7:47 pm
Euwwww, that green clashes with all of my jerseys! You might be on to something Wayne, we could design a line of matching cycling fashion-wear. Just think of...
23879 Kenneth O'Brien
kob22225 Send Email
Dec 3, 2007
7:55 pm
... Bicyclists will always be the least impacted vehicle driver under congested conditions. This is due to the bicyclist's narrow vehicle - and ability to...
23880 Keri Caffrey
trafficcivil... Send Email
Dec 3, 2007
8:20 pm
... Is there any legality issue with overtaking on the left? It is legal for a cyclist to cross the yellow line to overtake a traffic jam? ... An abundance of...
23881 howmanlaurence Send Email Dec 3, 2007
8:22 pm
I log on to the Web site which Bob Matter posted and What do I see Paths which cross streets and also run against the flow of the other vehicle users. So That...
23882 Wayne Pein
wawa42p Send Email
Dec 3, 2007
8:34 pm
... I think your absolutes are not applicable to everyone's situation. There can be distinct downsides to filtering forward on the left. If you are on the left...
23883 Kenneth O'Brien
kob22225 Send Email
Dec 3, 2007
8:39 pm
... Whatever the specific local technical details, it _should_ be legal. The proper use of yellow center lines are as advisories about general channelization...
23884 Wayne Pein
wawa42p Send Email
Dec 3, 2007
8:39 pm
... CA ought to then call such a "bike lane" a "shared use" lane and sign it such that bicycle drivers can expect peds in their way. If there are peds there,...
23885 Wayne Pein
wawa42p Send Email
Dec 3, 2007
8:43 pm
... Our problem would be that our forthcoming (within a week or two) Comotion Speedster in Limetime green would become invisible :-) Wayne...
23886 Kenneth O'Brien
kob22225 Send Email
Dec 3, 2007
8:51 pm
... I don't have any absolutes in there. I mention filtering forward on both sides, and included the issues and ranked concerns. ... Not in my experience....
23887 Kenneth O'Brien
kob22225 Send Email
Dec 3, 2007
8:54 pm
... I submit that instead, everybody should : 1) Drop all attempts to legally hair-split define the bad design of bikelanes. 2) Recognize that if a public...
23888 Michael Graff
michaelgraff86 Send Email
Dec 3, 2007
9:04 pm
... Or make it a shoulder. In California, shoulders are optional for cyclists while bike lanes are mandatory (with exceptions)....
23889 Wayne Pein
wawa42p Send Email
Dec 3, 2007
9:21 pm
... I'm disease free, and I can tell the difference 3 ft of space makes on my 30 inch wide bike. But if you are right (and in your mind you are), that a few...
23890 Michael Poplawski
michaelpopla... Send Email
Dec 3, 2007
9:29 pm
... Based on what I see in my region, what I would like to see is people recognize that marking the shoulders of roads as "bicycle lanes" screws pedestrians...
23891 kob2@...
kob22225 Send Email
Dec 3, 2007
10:05 pm
... They are not meaningful as a 'bicyclist accommodation.' I believe they are quite meaningful as part of a wider program not related to bicycling-specific...
23892 Wayne Pein
wawa42p Send Email
Dec 3, 2007
10:33 pm
... 1. In the real world, bike lanes exist, their mileage is growing, and they aren't going away anytime soon, though I wish they would. So if they exist, then...
23893 poteit0r Send Email Dec 3, 2007
10:45 pm
The Sevilla Town Council actually set up a poll to (suposedly) decide which color the city's bike lanes should be. There were only three colors to choose from,...
23894 Kenneth O'Brien
kob22225 Send Email
Dec 3, 2007
10:59 pm
... That is the point. Bikelanes can't be done right. Any attempt to contribute to bikelanes being 'done right' is an effective mandate of an idea that just...
23895 Michael Poplawski
michaelpopla... Send Email
Dec 3, 2007
11:18 pm
... There is the idea that pedestrians have to move out of the way of motorists or cyclists. Where does this come from? In British Columbia, where I live, I've...
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