> "You have people trying to get to the emergency room and forced to go > straight down Chestnut Street and wrap around four or five different > blocks," said Carl Primavera, the attorney representing Jefferson in the > matter. "Not only is it inconvenient to the business community, but from > Jefferson's viewpoint, it's catastrophic in trying to save people's lives." >
I have no interest in this shared bike/bus lane, as I've found it very difficult to share the narrow lane with buses and would rather just use the next lane over and share the lane with cars. But this statement regarding emergency vehicles is ridiculous. As far as I know, an emergency vehicle is allowed to make a turn even if the turn is forbidden to other vehicles as long as it has its lights and sirens on. So an ambulance transporting an emergency patient can of course make a right turn off of Chestnut to get to Jefferson. If I'm wrong about this, please correct me. -Peter Rosenfeld ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the Bicycle Coalition of the Delaware Valley list named "bike." To subscribe or unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
