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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Corn, corn, corn, corn, corn, corn, soybean, corn fields of Illinois
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We have one street in our town that has bicycles banned from it. It is very narrow and dangerous to ride on because there is heavy vehicular traffic on it. The city put bike lanes on two adjacent one-way streets running in opposite directions to accomodate bikes.
Before they banned bikes on the section of roadway, we had a lot of students who would ride their bikes on the dangerous stretch of road, resulting in frustrated drivers who could not get around the cyclists on steep hills as well as frequent bicycle/car accidents.
I presume other cities cite safety issues or automotive traffic impediment issues when banning bicycles from certains stretches of roadway.