On May 27, 2014, at 2:33 PM, steve harley <[email protected]> wrote:
> on 2014-05-27 9:50 Richard Womer wrote >> Steve, the cyclists in Munich are utterly carnivorous. On many of the >> main roads there are bike paths, but on the sidewalk level rather than >> street level (see the first pic; the difference in pavement is the >> only distinction). Woe is the pedestrian who strays into the bike >> path! > > well, it's structurally about the same in Copenhagen - bikeways are generally > a couple of inches higher than the roadway, still tarmac, and without any > pronounced curb or marking, and then there is a slight curb at the sidewalk > which is concrete and/or cobble > > but folks are fastidious about staying where they belong; i never saw a > bicyclist riding in the pedestrian way (some of the Strøget — carless streets > — being the exception), and only in special cases do pedestrians step into > the bikeways; at bus stops you have to observe the distance of the bus and > the waves of bicyclists to plan your steps across the bikeway; if there are > bikes that will arrive with the bus, you step out early and tuck yourself at > the outer edge of the bikeway > Steve, I had a similar experience on my recent trip to Sweden-Norway-Denmark. Even though we hit Copenhagen toward the end, though, I still hadn’t learned not to walk casually into/across the bike lane. Fortunately I was there during Easter week holidays and so there was far less traffic than usual. Somehow for me it is easier to remember to look right in England than it is to look out for bikes. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
