Originally Posted by
StanSeven
Very reasonable and excellent post. I think we cyclists need to look at all aspects of cycling and how we impact everyone. What's funny is many of the same posters that see nothing wrong about parking a bicycle on a crowded sidewalk are the ones that complain about not being able to use a full lane of traffic. Either a bicycle is a vehicle or it isn't.
Ride your bicycle through Ann Arbor Michigan, there are bicycles chained everywhere, nobody gets a ticket, nobody falls over the bikes, nobody is prevented from entering a business, give me a break with this crap. These bicycles chained everywhere represent,persons shopping, eating, drinking coffee, visting the doctor,,all spending money. They are welcomed in cities like Ann Arbor where the city councilman and councilwoman dont have broomsticks up their you know whats.
Taking an entire lane in most cities in America is ludicrous and asking for trouble. Maybe New York and Portland are exceptions. One thing has nothing to do with the other.