A warning to any listers in WA State. HB3040 is a very anti-bike bill (see below). Please contact your legislator and tell them to oppose it. It is easy. Just...
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Curtis L. Russell
russellc@...
Feb 1, 2000 1:15 pm
I thought the only issue was when there was differentiation between 'motor vehicle' and 'vehicle'. I'm not sure really how you can define a bike out of the...
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Curtis L. Russell
russellc@...
Feb 1, 2000 2:32 pm
Traveling to the doc's yesterday after the sleet and ice, my pickup got nailed by a chunk of ice from a BGE truck. Now the small crack from last fall is a...
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Gutierrez Daniel A Ae...
Daniel.Gutierrez@...
Feb 1, 2000 4:59 pm
John writes: "Ouch? At bike speed of 30 mph the impact speed is 0 mph. At this point you need to factor in the headlamp visibility arc in front of the ...
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John Vance
jvance@...
Feb 1, 2000 5:50 pm
... Wrong. When the driver is at the 90 degree position on the ramp with radius r, the cyclist is at 1.57 r distance from the "collision point." The angle...
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Gutierrez Daniel A Ae...
Daniel.Gutierrez@...
Feb 1, 2000 5:56 pm
To All, My table header got corrupted in the last message, apparently an equals sign followed immediately by a number gets mapped into punctuation! ?%$#!@. ...
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Schubley@...
Feb 1, 2000 6:24 pm
Hi all, ... assistance. The way I read it, the "safe operation" clause is the way out of this one<< Whitney, I agree about the "safe operation" clause,...
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Christoph Reuss
webmaster@...
Feb 1, 2000 6:42 pm
... What about "toy" ? ;o) Chris...
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Gutierrez Daniel A Ae...
Daniel.Gutierrez@...
Feb 1, 2000 7:04 pm
John writes: "Wrong. When the driver is at the 90 degree position on the ramp with radius r, the cyclist is at 1.57 r distance from the "collision point." The...
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Schubley@...
Feb 1, 2000 7:14 pm
... this correct?<< ... defining bikes as vehicles in states that presently do not have this definition.<<< I'll let Riley answer the first of your two...
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Ken Kifer
kenkifer@...
Feb 2, 2000 1:57 am
I received a note from Lorin Gaertner that the Houston Area Bicyclist Alliance had added a link to my page. On visiting the web site, I discovered some simple...
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Brian DeSousa
brian@...
Feb 2, 2000 7:07 am
Although the Bike Houston web site is mostly pretty decent, one article posted on the site really rubbed me the wrong way. Here's one quote from ...
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P.M. Summer
pmsummer@...
Feb 2, 2000 1:53 pm
Brian DeSousa found and reported: << He [one of the consultants for the bikeways] also notes that bike lanes will not be on major thoroughfares like...
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Ken Kifer
kenkifer@...
Feb 2, 2000 1:55 pm
... Ken Kifer replies: I noticed with a number of clubs that they mix vehicular cycling and bike lane/path advocacy together. I imagine they also mix ...
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John Vance
jvance@...
Feb 2, 2000 3:54 pm
... I was thinking along the same lines. Here is an example of a bike-lane activist who recognizes that the stripe doesn't improve safety with one part of his...
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Curtis L. Russell
russellc@...
Feb 2, 2000 5:24 pm
I'm all for optimism, but a couple of questions. First of all, is the belief that there is a chance that vehicular cycling will win in the end based on any...
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Herman I. May
Herman.May@...
Feb 2, 2000 8:22 pm
... What "lane advocates"?!? We have VeloWeb advocates in these here parts! ;-) Herman ... Herman I. May __o Garland, Texas -\<, ...
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P.M. Summer
pmsummer@...
Feb 2, 2000 8:55 pm
There really are days when I think the BEST bike policy is NO bike policy. Good road policy IS the best bike policy. ... ...
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John Vance
jvance@...
Feb 2, 2000 9:28 pm
For those not in the DFW area, here's some background info: Veloweb - an interconnected network of off-street trails designed for bicycle commuters. The trails...
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Jack R.Taylor
bikesrus@...
Feb 2, 2000 8:49 pm
... Date sent: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 15:51:11 -0500 From: Jody Newman <jody@...> Organization: League of American Bicyclists Subject:...
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P.M. Summer
pmsummer@...
Feb 2, 2000 10:13 pm
... The latest estimates are about +$225,000,000 for complete build-out. The originally projected cost of $500,000 a mile has been raised to $1,250,000 a mile....
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Bill Volk
bvolk@...
Feb 2, 2000 10:17 pm
Am I the only one who thinks this is an (expensive) bad idea? Bill ... From: P.M. Summer To: chainguard@onelist.com Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 2:13 PM ...
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Kenneth O'Brien
kob@...
Feb 3, 2000 12:00 am
... Well at least there is one good that comes from his ignorance about bicycling.... No bikelane. Ken...
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Nic H.
nic_he@...
Feb 3, 2000 12:06 am
Ted Bennett or Lisa Kaskan <lisated@...> takes the BTA to task: ... In fairness, I took a look a the most recent electronic copy of the BTA's...
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Kenneth O'Brien
kob@...
Feb 3, 2000 12:26 am
... I have repeatedly found, when pushed, any individual who actively, strongly pushes for bikelanes in urban suburban environments has always ended up showing...
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Fred Oswald
Fred_Oswald@...
Feb 3, 2000 2:41 am
John "leave well enough alone" Schubert sez ... If ... re-do ... really ... I suppose this message was addressed to everyone. You had convinced me in an...
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Fred Oswald
Fred_Oswald@...
Feb 3, 2000 2:41 am
... If you have one/some interesting plots, why not make up an html page and upload to the website? It is easy to do. ... "Two wheels good!"...
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Jim Richardson
cycleman@...
Feb 3, 2000 3:01 am
I was under the impression that it was a Federal requirement that bicycles be included in vehicle code as vehicles in order to receive Federal Road money. The...
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Ken Kifer
kenkifer@...
Feb 3, 2000 3:06 am
... Ken Kifer replies: Well really, the point of my message was how to be successful at advocacy. You have to be flexible to win the war. The best military ...
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Fred Oswald
Fred_Oswald@...
Feb 3, 2000 4:14 am
It seems Chainguarders have lost interest in model laws. I am still interested though. I just uploaded a new (minor revision) to the website. The changes I...
