Bike Lanes!

May. 8th, 2010 05:24 pm
[identity profile] boywonder.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] davis_square
So, I've noticed a lot of bike lanes popping up on the streets of Somerville lately. While I wholeheartedly applaud the effort, they seem to me to have been done haphazardly. Kinda like they're almost in the middle of the car lane? On Powderhouse Blvd. and Cameron Ave. for example, there seems to be barely enough room, if clearly not enough room, for a car to safely pass a cyclist in the new bike lanes. Has anyone else seen them? It's like, maybe if they had moved them closer to the sidewalk a foot or so, there would be plenty of room for bikes and cars, but it seems the city made an error in it's effort...

Date: 2010-05-09 02:39 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] squirrelitude
I'd love to be able to save time on my commute by blowing through red lights on my bike (which I could probably do safely, since I can see over cars when I stand on my pedals), but it's against the law for a good reason, so I suck it up and deal. That law is only there because *cars* blowing through red lights is dangerous, but the rules of the road still apply to me. (Not all cyclists follow this. That irritates me too.)

Cars were not the first to use roads. They're a fad caused by cheap oil, and the market is slowly correcting itself. However, there is still a culture of entitlement left over, and people get real uppity when they have to share.

Date: 2010-05-09 06:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] miss-chance.livejournal.com
Cars were not the first to use roads. They're a fad caused by cheap oil, and the market is slowly correcting itself.

:-)

Date: 2010-05-10 03:38 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] muffyjo
Cars were not the first to use roads.

Well, sure, but horse and carriage have long since gone out of fashion in these parts!

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