Living and riding in nyc there is a vocal minority of Bicycle haters who
want everyone to think there is some two wheeled menace about. Most people
are growing to accept that shared roadways are here to stay but there will
always be morons who think that sharing means losing something.
On Oct 24, 2
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> A lot of blow back from the haters there, but Grant did not pull any
> punches. The most common criticisms of the Idaho Stop suggestion pretend
> it means baldly ignoring traffic and signs, and then point out how
> dangerous that is. When done properly, it makes it better for everybody.
>
I definietly think that the infrastructure should protect and make everyone
feel comfortable riding. That could be a young, fit, not-so daring male
or a woman or even children riding to school. There were some good ideas &
considerations on how to do this. I'd love to see more of these ideas
ad
I like that they took care to include so many women in this debate. I've
read recently that making women feel safer and designing bike
infrastructure that accommodates the kind of multi-stop trips that women
tend to make in our daily lives is the key to making city cycling work.
Here in Vancouv
Totally agree with the Idaho stop and like the Copenhagen perspective as
well.
~Hugh
On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 6:15:08 PM UTC-7, Aaron Thomas wrote:
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> I'm not sure if this has already been mentioned in another thread, but
> list members may be interested in a section posted in the New York
