Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Bike / Pedestrian directions on the MQ Open sites

2011-03-07 Thread Toby Murray
On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 11:47 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: I looked it up again, and I was partly wrong.  Turns out only five states disallow bicycles statewide on freeways:  Ohio, Minnesota, Maine, Indiana, Hawaii and Georgia.  The rest may allow it and post such restrictions at

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Bike / Pedestrian directions on the MQ Open sites

2011-03-06 Thread john
I live in the Southeast USA, and have never seen an Interstate on-ramp that lacked signs forbidding all non-motorized traffic, as well as motor-driven cycles (the official term for mopeds). Some non-Interstate limited-access freeways allow bicycles, some don't. As far as I know, the only US

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Bike / Pedestrian directions on the MQ Open sites

2011-03-06 Thread Paul Johnson
On 03/06/2011 07:51 PM, j...@jfeldredge.com wrote: As far as I know, the only US Interstates that allow bicycles are in the Western United States. Other way around, generally disallowing bicycles is purely an eastern-seaboard US thing in North America. Get west of the Appalachians, and it's

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Bike / Pedestrian directions on the MQ Open sites

2011-03-06 Thread Kristian Zoerhoff
More like west of the Mississippi. I can't even think of a single state east of Colorado or Oklahoma that allows bicycles on limited-access freeways. -- Kristian M Zoerhoff On Mar 6, 2011 9:29 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: On 03/06/2011 07:51 PM, j...@jfeldredge.com wrote: As far

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Bike / Pedestrian directions on the MQ Open sites

2011-03-06 Thread Paul Johnson
On 03/06/2011 09:38 PM, Kristian Zoerhoff wrote: More like west of the Mississippi. I can't even think of a single state east of Colorado or Oklahoma that allows bicycles on limited-access freeways. Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Tennessee come to mind right off. signature.asc Description:

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Bike / Pedestrian directions on the MQ Open sites

2011-03-06 Thread Josh Kraayenbrink
I believe the law implies that if there isn't an easy alternative route within a reasonable distance from the interstate, you CAN ride on that interstate. Some are explicatively stated no bikes allowed, but I believe that there are plenty of examples east of the Mississippi that do allow you to.

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Bike / Pedestrian directions on the MQ Open sites

2011-03-06 Thread Kristian Zoerhoff
Michigan does not allow this, unless the change was very recent. I certainly didn't see it when visiting the family last year. -- Kristian M Zoerhoff On Mar 6, 2011 9:54 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: On 03/06/2011 09:38 PM, Kristian Zoerhoff wrote: More like west of the

Re: [Talk-us] [OSM-talk] Bike / Pedestrian directions on the MQ Open sites

2011-03-06 Thread Paul Johnson
On 03/06/2011 09:59 PM, Josh Kraayenbrink wrote: I believe the law implies that if there isn't an easy alternative route within a reasonable distance from the interstate, you CAN ride on that interstate. Some are explicatively stated no bikes allowed, but I believe that there are plenty of