I still like the sharrows (BTW it sounds like a good horror movie title, "The Sharrows", by Stephen BiKing :) They are like biking with a friend when you are all alone. And I didn't feel confused by them... so chalk it up to differing and valid perspectives.
-india ----- Original Message ----- From: Martin Lund <[email protected]> Date: Friday, October 9, 2009 1:41 pm Subject: Re: [Bikies] Sharrows on E Wilson To: [email protected] > I ride up and down Wilson Street every day, have been doing so since I > moved > back to Madison, and did so for years before I left. When I rode into > work > the other day and saw the sharrows for the first time my reaction was > confusion. I can't say that I have ever - not once - had an issue with > automobiles on Wilson street. > > We have dedicated striped or medianed bike lanes and we have dedicated > bike > (to be fair, multi-use) paths and then we have streets. There are only > a > handful of roadways in Madison upon which cyclists are not allowed to > ride > legally. On the remaining roadways cyclists have the legal right to > ride and > motorists have the legal obligation to share the road. The sharrows > seem to > offer a mixed message, or at least one which is counterintuitive and a > little confusing to cyclist and motorist alike. They seem, to me, to be > unecessary. > > Just my 2 cents. > > > > -- > ......... __ o > .........-\<, > ......(O) (O)........... > ........................... > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
