Originally Posted by seely
On-road bicycle lanes abound through the city, which means that when the roads are cleared, the bicycle lanes will be clear as well. I and many others I know would love to be able to ride our bicycles safely to work, without contending with traffic on the roads, or pedestrians on the multi-use paths.
As billh surmised, I do have an objection to this. These two sentences imply all of the following assumptions, all of which I strongly disagree with:
- Riding bicycles to work safely without bike lanes is not possible.
- Riding to work with bike lanes is safer than riding to work without bike lanes.
- You can ride to work without "contending with traffic on roads" if the bike lanes are clear (this points out one of the greatest dangers of bike lanes - the false sense of safety they convey).
Other than that, it's a great letter.