As someone who braves the streets of non-hipsterized Brooklyn it was an interesting read to see how cities with at least attempting to help cyclists, attempt being the key word. I agree that riding headlong into traffic, even with a divider is an awful idea that I could never do. To be honest in the parts of Brooklyn without any kind of path its safer because drivers don't have that line painted on the road that makes them feel all fuzzy and warm that you aren't going to die. With no sharrows we all have to just share the road and it makes drivers more aware of you and gives you more of a sense of purpose on the road rather than some second class citizen that belongs on their path. if I see a lot of car doors opening on a road or know there are people getting in and out like at a school I just ride in the lane like a car, and people just have to deal for a minute or two, with so many lights no one is going anywhere that fast anyway, why should we have to ride in the death zone where all the car doors are?
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 1:01 PM, John Blish <jbl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, Jan. You have accurately summarized a troublesome situation. > > In the dumbing down of nearly everything in the US I am concerned that > mandatory bike paths may become the norm without regard to the fact that > for most cyclists they are not safer. > > It is the American Way to come up with an oversimplified solution to a > perceived problem and then mandate that as the one-size-fits-all answer. I > am often instructed by motorists to "get on the bike path" when I ride in > the street alongside a mixed-use path. The idea seems to be "We spent all > this money to construct this bike path for you damn cyclists, now use it." > The Motoring Public is not ready to accept the fact that bike paths are not > safer. > > Good job. > > -jb > > > On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Jan Heine <hein...@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> It's something that many listmembers seem to care about, so here is a >> heads-up on today's blog post. >> >> http://janheine.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/bike-to-work-3-separate-or-equal/ >> >> Feel free to join the discussion. >> >> Jan Heine >> Editor >> Bicycle Quarterly >> http://www.bikequarterly.com >> >> Follow our blog at http://janheine.wordpress.com/ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > John Blish > Minneapolis MN USA > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
