From: Ann Sanfedele
Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
>The problem, Frank, is that the bikes in the traffic lanes DON'T go
>the speed of traffic; they run through lights and cut in and out and
>THEY make sudden swoops onto the cross street and back, cutting
>through pedestrian traffic, scattering tourists in all directions.
>
>The bike lanes are relatively new, and they provide a lot of safety to
>both cyclists and pedestrians. Unfortunately, those who are impatient
>create a safety hazard.
>
>Dan
>
>On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 2:15 PM, frank theriault
><[email protected]> wrote:
> I'd much rather be right in the middle of a car
>
>
>>lane, going the speed of traffic where they cars can see me, than
>>stuck in a bike lane, on the periphery, subject to sudden swoops by
>>cars diving into and out of illegal parking spots, subject to car
>>doors being suddenly flung open into my face by disembarking
>>passengers, etc.
>>
>>
>
>
>
Second that...
Really, in NY there are so many reckless people on bikes you really
can't imagine...
and on a noisy street if you are a slow moving pedestrian you are in
peril frequently..
You can't hear the bikes approaching and they are particularly bold when
there is stand still
traffic with cars... and many don't realise how scary they are for the
old and fragile - whooosh!
I hate that.
Maybe they could make it a law requiring cyclists to have a playing card
sticking into the spokes. That way you could at least hear them coming
up behind you.
The bike lanes are useful for , at the very least, if people stay in
them warning we who neither drive or ride bikes
that a bike might be coming down the lane. But you still have to look
_both_ ways.
at first I thought it was a bad idea too... but it really is working in
my neighborhood.
In the best of all possible worlds in Manhattan, all private cars would
be banned just busses , necessary business deliveries and
bikes and trikes and pedestrians.
Or do like the old sci-fi stories predicted and segregate the commercial
delivery truck traffic off into underground tunnels; something like what
Underground Atlanta started out as.
The holier than thou attitude of some riders in New York and being
yelled at by a twenty year old on a bike to get out of the way
when I'm crossing the street with the light and he is running it ain't
so much fun.
ann
One of the reasons why I don't own a gun.
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