>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Brandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Steve> Are there any other bikers out there who would like to see
Steve> some enforcement of the one-way direction of downtown bike
Steve> lanes? I'm tired of having bikers disregard the
Steve> directions. It gives me a choice between insisting on my
Steve> right-of-way as someone biking in the proper direction and
Steve> risking a collision, or swerving into a traffic lane to
Steve> avoid someone who apparently can't read the directional
Steve> arrows.
Another place where I would love to see one-way enforcement for bikes
is around the park bike paths. There's always some people who are too
lazy to go around in the proper direction if it means going another
hundred yards or so. I used to cross the paths pushing a stroller,
and now ride the paths with kids who aren't the most steady, and this
behavior annoys the heck out of me. Not only does it endanger the
rest of us, it's one of those community-eroding behaviors that says
"I'm too important to have to follow the rules you follow." If too
many people do this and get away with it, then pretty soon the rules
just wither away completely.
On the main topic at hand, I'm one of the people who has given up on
biking that involves riding into or across downtown. Bike lanes
wedged between two directions of traffic, and crossed by left-turners
are just a goofy idea and, I don't see that it's worth my time
worrying about bad behavior or bad signage on them. The existing bike
lanes should just be ripped out and replaced by something that isn't
so darn stupid.
Personally, I'd love to see some pedestrian/bike streets closed to
cars, but I'm not sure this addresses the problem: bikes need
corridors that can carry them over pretty long distances, not just a
mall, and the entry corridors into downtown (at least from the Uptown
direction, where I lie) are very badly pinched already. Some
imaginative construction like bike overpasses or tunnels would be
needed...
Given the city's budget pinch, I figure I'll stick to biking where
it's safer... :-(
--
Robert P. Goldman
ECCO
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