Originally Posted by
mikepoole
Use the parallel street, and give the drivers in a hurry one more reason not to cut through a residential street at a high speed. I live on a street like this- about 3 car-widths wide, usually cars parked on both sides, so one clear lane up the middle. Anything that slows the traffic down and reduces the too-fast cut-throughs is fine by me- and probably is as well to the homeowners/residents on your parallel route.
I wrote a very similar reasoning. It is streets like this that neighbors fight for speed humps and traffic calming to reduce the number of cut thrus. I wouldn't ride centerish to make a point for cycling advocacy, but instead for neighborhood advocacy. When I need to motor I also drive thru places like this at or below speed limit and watch for kids and cyclists.
Streets like this are used by cut-thru motorists and now cyclists are advocating locally for door zone bike lanes. That is the wrong approach - that will just put cyclists in a dangerous location and allow motorist to go even faster. What needs to be advocated for is zero tollerance enforcement for 25mph speed limit.
Al