Originally Posted by
genec
BTW for those of you who have never seen streetcar, or don't understand the dynamics of streetcars with other traffic, including cyclists...
Here is a 1906 film of San Francisco that shows a street car (was actually filmed from a streetcar) and how the public dealt with them...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGloeX1SpAU
Now bear in mind that over the years, the buildings have changed, the clothing has changed, the cars have changed, but fundamentally the streetcars have remained the same.
thank you for that enthralling video.
yes you are correct, I do not have to deal w/ street cars on my rides, nor do I fully understand the dymanics of them.
So, it does look like there is at least 10 feet between the tracks and curb.
At the 3:15 mark of your video it shows a cyclist move from the 10 feet Im talking about, into the center of the tracks, and then back out of them a few moments later. the transition did not appear to be difficult or require any special bike handling skills. wheres the problem?
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