A violator is a violator. The most egregious violators are cyclists &
drivers who ride on the sidewalks.
John
KAREN ALLEN wrote:
Hi, John, I hope by "violators" you include those cyclists who ignore
the rules of the road and run stop signs and red lights and end up
riding into the path of auto traffic, or ride against the flow of
traffic where drivers are not expecting anyone to come from
(especially dangerous to the cyclist if the driver is making a turn).
If I drove my car the way some individuals ride bikes, my driver's
license would be revoked. Karen
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:37:10 -0400> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: [email protected]> Subject: Re: [UC]
University City traffic nightmares> > If you ride a bike or are a
walker in University City, you might find > these changes welcome;
at least I do. Increased traffic enforcement > against violators is
certainly something that would benefit us all.> > I do often find
myself wondering if it was truly an engineer who came up > with
many of these traffic light systems; certainly, the lights can be >
timed to expedite the flow of vehicular traffic through these >
intersections and still afford cyclists and pedestrians safe and >
accessible thoroughfare.> > Just my .02 cents...> > Regards,> >
John> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:> > Friends and Neighbors:> > > > The
following was in today's DN.> > > > It's been suggested that lots
of us have items we might add to the list (the > > horrible left
turn going north from University Ave/38th St onto > >
Chester/Baltimore, coupled with the timing of the lights to
actually get onto Chester or > > Baltimore at 39th Street comes
immediately to mind).> > > > > > > > Al Krigman> > > > > > > >
reminding you that you read it first, here, on the popu-list > > >
> > > ____________________________________> > > >
____________________________________> > > > Letters: My University
City traffic nightmares > > Philadelphia Daily News (9/29/08)> > >
> IWORK at 37th and Walnut. If there is a hell for drivers, it must
be > > University City with the constant construction, vast number
of pedestrians, trucks, > > taxis, buses and double-parking. > >
Now, it seems, the city is on a mission to make things worse by
adding more > > traffic lights, stop signs and no-turn-on-red
signs. > > Some specific nightmare spots: > > 31st and Spring
Garden. About a year ago, the city put up a no-turn-on-red > >
sign. The effect: long lines of idling cars on 31st Street burning
up $3.75 a > > gallon gasoline. > > Spring Garden Bridge at the Art
Museum. A new light went up last month. > > Result? More cars
backed up on the bridge. Everything seemed to move well before > >
the light. > > 34th at Lancaster, at the 7-Eleven. Another new
light. Trucks continue to > > block the right lane as they unload
their deliveries to the store. With the new > > light, there is
effectively only one open lane at the light. Traffic backs > > way
up 34th. > > And let's not forget all the bike lanes our last mayor
was so fond of, > > turning four-lane roads into two lanes. Again,
lots of idling, polluting cars. > > When is the city going to do
something to improve traffic flow in University > > City? > >
Donald Kaufmann, Philadelphia > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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