Are some drivers and some cyclist exactly alike
11-03-15, 09:59 PM
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yes, there's a complicated and mixed history relating to how bicycle paths became MUPs. I'm sure there's all kinds of things that went on depending on location and time in history. We had a nice dedicated bike path built with CETA funds during the Carter administration. Over the years most sections became an MUP simply by attrition as pedestrians discovered it. I never figured out if they repurposed it at some time, or pedestrians simply moved in.
The reality is that nice urban park space where you can enjoy a scenic stroll is scarce, so regardless of intent, if you pave a nice path, people will find it, and adopt it as a their own. As cyclists, we can be angry, or resigned, but the pedestrians aren't going anywhere anytime soon.
The reality is that nice urban park space where you can enjoy a scenic stroll is scarce, so regardless of intent, if you pave a nice path, people will find it, and adopt it as a their own. As cyclists, we can be angry, or resigned, but the pedestrians aren't going anywhere anytime soon.
In the end, the peds are on the bike paths and that isn't likely to change. They shouldn't be difficult to deal with, after all they are just cyclists who are missing their bikes. Up at the University of Washington, they have closed a major bike path for the next few months in order to rebuild it to a much wider standard so it can better handle the mix of cyclists and pedestrians. Maybe that is the solution: eighteen-foot wide bike paths.
11-03-15, 11:35 PM
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Not really. Except for the pecking order. As in, the size of one's mode of 'transport'.
11-04-15, 06:20 PM
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Why I never take drivers' arguments against cyclists seriously
Pardon my terrible Paint skills
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11-05-15, 01:36 PM
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I thought that was a pretty good diagram. It's probably accurate.
11-05-15, 04:34 PM
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One of my most valued accessories is a bell with a lovely ding! Ringing the bell is much more pleasant than repeatedly yelling "on yer left!" I wish more cyclists would use them.
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