Originally Posted by Digital_Cowboy

I hate to say it, but I would be very surprised if he/they were. When I talked to him he had also told me when I'd asked (this was the traffic engineer not the Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Coordinator) about getting a pair of traffic lights timed so that it would be safer for people crossing the street at intersections between the two lights. That in doing so, that it would create an "intolerable" delay for motorist. Reinforcing what many of us here have said about the car being "king." These days.



John, that's the not the case here. They're two separate posts. I don't know how much riding or walking that our local Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Coordinator actually does. I've asked them how much riding they do, but have never gotten an answer.

Personally, I think that anyone who works in the capacity of "Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Coordinator" SHOULD be required to walk/ride a bicycle for transportation a majority of the time. Otherwise how are they to know what challenges the person who walks and/or rides a bike faces?

And again, John, how do we educate someone who by their job title should be putting the safety of Cyclists & Pedestrians first but doesn't want to acknowledge that things like door zone bike lanes and/or combination through/right turn lanes are a danger to cyclists.

As I've said a friend of mine who is a certified Cycling Savvy instructor has asked her to attend his course and she hasn't taken him up on his offer. And as I said his next step is going to be to offer to both the local Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Coordinator but the mayor as well to attend for free.