Old 11-17-09 | 09:27 AM
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Bikes: the ever shifting stable loaded with comfortable road bikes and city and winter bikes

it is ever more clear 'vehikular cyklists' are a movement of ideologues opposed to bike specific pavement markings.

everyone needs to stay cognizant that 'complete streets' encompasses a wide variety of road and highway enhancements for both bike and pedestrian travel. as there are many types of roadway, there are as many types of complete street treatments.

Complete streets can be designed to allow 'vehicular' travel by bicycles, vehicular cyclists can ride on bike infrastructure vehicularily, bike infrastructure can be designed in complaince with 'vehicular' rules of traffic flow.

It is entirely possible and part of the core design philosophy of complete streets across communities to complete a street that still allows 'vehicular' bicycling. Indeed, the complete streets philosophy recognizes many neighborhood streets need little to no enhancement, and expect bike travel on the central portion of the roadway.

vc is an ideology, adaptive cycling is the technique, and a vc can use ac to ride vehicularily down a complete street.

One political aspect needed to maintain the ideologues' obsessive need to play in traffic is: no mandatory sidepath law and no mandatory bikelane law.

If cycletrack architecture is used For infrastructure on a complete street, the main portion of the roadway should still be emphasized for bicycle traffic unless bikes are prohibited due to minimum speed restrictions.

here's an example of a complete street treatment of a type that emphasized a cooridor with an MUP for pedestrian and bicycle traffic - our city placed sharrows on the main roadway to emphasize bikes continued right to the travel lane.
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