Re: Fwd: RE: [obc] Paving highway shoulders

2001-06-19 Thread tom
On Monday, June 18, 2001 at 20:41, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Re: Fwd: RE: [obc] Paving highway shoulders, saying.. What amazes me in this very long thread is that it is very facilities oriented. There has been little reference to the need for EDUCATION for ALL vehicle

Re: Fwd: RE: [obc] Paving highway shoulders

2001-06-18 Thread Avery Burdett
J Barton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes: I have a different definition of a bicycle lane. It's not very technical but it is technically beautiful: A cycling ghetto where glass, rocks, car parts and dead animals accumulate. How true. The sweeping action of cars and trucks on non (bike-lane)

RE: Fwd: RE: [obc] Paving highway shoulders

2001-06-18 Thread Graydon Patterson
From: Avery Burdett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Another point never mentioned is that bike lanes serve one destination only at intersections. Strange as it may seem, but cyclist traffic is like other traffic, it travels in more than one direction at intersections. What specifically makes a

Re: Fwd: RE: [obc] Paving highway shoulders

2001-06-18 Thread mrkkds
What amazes me in this very long thread is that it is very facilities oriented. There has been little reference to the need for EDUCATION for ALL vehicle drivers. Kudos to those that did. I wish threads on education were as long. Mom on a Bike Graydon Patterson wrote: From: Avery Burdett

Re: Fwd: RE: [obc] Paving highway shoulders

2001-06-18 Thread Rod Plunkett
Avery Burdett wrote: How true. The sweeping action of cars and trucks on non (bike-lane) striped roads circumvents any need to advise the city to remove such debris. It's a bit more difficult to sweep away hydro poles and drain covers located in bike lanes though. A agree with J Barton's

Re: Fwd: RE: [obc] Paving highway shoulders

2001-06-17 Thread Peter James
J Barton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes: I have a different definition of a bicycle lane. It's not very technical but it is technically beautiful: A cycling ghetto where glass, rocks, car parts and dead animals accumulate. Indeed! And one might add ... and where snow is stored in the winter.