I'd go one step further and ask for increased enforcement of the walkers/runners in the bike lane, and vice versa. I am both a runner and a biker and when one is in the other's lane, it's downright dangerous. (In my experience, runners tend to be sassier when instructed about their transgressions.) Lake of the Isles is the worst.........it's so bad, I simply will not ride there anymore.
I emailed the Park Police about this early in the spring, and they promised me increased enforcement. I think the problem is not as bad on the Parkway and around Lakes Harriet and Calhoun as it used to be. Mike Thompson Windom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Brandt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 11:52 AM Subject: [Mpls] An idea for MN or Mpls > Wizard or somebody complained over the weekend about people riding the wrong way on the one-way bike lanes in her neighborhood. I'd like to see better cop enforcement of the directions of the lanes, and also more aggressive tagging of cabs and delivery trucks and even cop cars that think they can use the bike lane for parking. Riders going the wrong way often force bikers following the correct direction out into traffic lanes. It happens a lot on the Portland/Park lanes and also downtown, where most of the riders are old enough to know better. It would help in the city repainted the directional arrows each time that it stripes the lanes. > > Steve Brandt > Kingfield > > REMINDERS: > 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > > REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
