Originally Posted by rekmeyata

I'm a bit surprised that 19 doesn't have a bike lane on both the N and S side. It's seems to be a major road going past shopping centers. Maybe what you might want to consider is start up a petition at bike shops in town and see if you can signatures to attempt to have some put in. OR, have a petition started that would keep the park open only to cyclists at night? That would be the cheapest alternative for the city because painting lanes on a road can cost $5,000 to $50,000 per mile, and you could argue for the city to save money and leave the park open, and cost the city nothing in additional money for a bike lane, and would probably save the city money due to lower emergency responses for bicycle related accidents. Then add a law that would forbid loitering, cars and pedistrians in the park after hours. Just a thought.

I cannot recommend that you break laws either including traffic laws. It is not more dangerous to wait at light, national safety records have shown a high degree of bicycle fatalities due to cyclists running lights and stop signs...not while stopped.

I think the officer was telling you a story, why would someone complain about a cyclist riding through the park on a silent bicycle unless you had a ghetto blaster on your bars cranked up?