Originally Posted by TiHabanero

Time and time again I remarked to my son that it is simply amazing to me that the motorists respect people on bikes and pedestrians. There's never a question who has the right of way. Another amazing thing I saw was the adherence to stop lights. Only saw one person the whole week blow a stop light. Only one out of the hundreds and hundreds of riders.

As for the air quality, coming from the mid-west and having a real issue with smoke of any kind, believe me the air was pretty bad in Seattle metro area. North of the city was miserable, but doable for the valiant at heart. My son, who has been out there going on 7 years tells me he can smell the smoke as easily as I do. It also affects his throat like it did mine. No matter, the bike lane network and pedestrian/bicycle paths were outa sight, man! What I really appreciated were the clearly marked dedicated bicycle and walking lanes on a shared path, and that everyone on those paths followed the rule.

SpeedyBlueBiker, thanks for the work you and the other advocates do for safe cycling. It is good work.