A couple of weeks ago, around dusk, I was at the light in Union Square, in the middle lane to make a left turn to stay on Somerville Ave. A bicyclist was on my right and what turned out to be a Somerville PD SUV on my left. When the cross traffic cleared, bicyclist went, and the policeman put on his lights & stopped her. Be warned, it happens!
As for one-way streets, I have no objection to people biking down our one-way street. It makes no sense to me to climb north halfway up Winter Hill just to turn around and ride down the hill to your destination to the south. Everyone on our street bikes two ways. I'm not saying this is appropriate on all streets, but I've never felt the least twinge of resentment toward those who do this on ours. (Of course there's also that illogical feeling of ownership of our street - if I'm crossing to a neighbor's house I'll often walk diagonally up the street rather than cross at right angles.)
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Date: 2016-08-27 05:10 pm (UTC)As for one-way streets, I have no objection to people biking down our one-way street. It makes no sense to me to climb north halfway up Winter Hill just to turn around and ride down the hill to your destination to the south. Everyone on our street bikes two ways. I'm not saying this is appropriate on all streets, but I've never felt the least twinge of resentment toward those who do this on ours. (Of course there's also that illogical feeling of ownership of our street - if I'm crossing to a neighbor's house I'll often walk diagonally up the street rather than cross at right angles.)