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The corner of Jefferson St. and McClintock near the USC, (University of Southern California), campus. Its one of those four way stop, diagonal crosswalks where you have about 50 students, on foot, bike, skateboard, or roller blades simultaneously crossing while texting, reading e-mail, or otherwise not watching where they're going. Makes downtown traffic and buses look like a piece of cake!!
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Originally Posted by Bud Bent
(Post 13386810)
Mine is a spot I never would have suspected before I started riding the route. It's where Crowley Road intersects Risinger Road at the south edge of Fort Worth. I approach that intersection on Crowley Road from the south at dark-thirty every morning, and go straight through the intersection. Crowley Road is a 55 mph speed limit there. I ride the shoulder, but approaching Risinger Road, the shoulder becomes the right turn lane, and something like 80 percent of the northbound Crowley Road traffic turns right onto Risinger Road.
There's no good way for me to behave there. Drivers just don't seem to know what to do. I finally gave up on moving out of the right turn lane into the first lane that goes straight (unless the right turner behind me is the only other vehicle around). Vehicles trying to go straight would run up close behind me at speed, and I even had a couple of drivers move into the left lane, then try to right hook me, making their turn onto Risinger Road. These days, I usually just stay in the turn lane and watch for drivers trying to right hook me. |
Originally Posted by idc
(Post 13385108)
Any parts where there's traffic. Drivers around here are generally terrible.
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This stretch. The gutter is about a 3" drop and the traffic is relentless and impatient.
Lately though I can avoid the traffic completely so I guess it's not all that scary. http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...5&d=1319059146 |
I live in the suburbs, where every major arterial road is scary and dangerous. I feel safer riding in traffic congested downtown areas or rural areas. Suburbs are the worst of them all.
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Originally Posted by wolfchild
(Post 13387564)
I live in the suburbs, where every major arterial road is scary and dangerous. I feel safer riding in traffic congested downtown areas or rural areas. Suburbs are the worst of them all.
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Originally Posted by david58
(Post 13387383)
My hat's off to you and anyone that manages to commute in the Ft. Worth area. We lived there for two years, 87-89, on the south side of things, and that was where I quit cycling. Had moved there and was an avid rider, as was my wife, but roads and drivers broke me of it. Didn't ride much again till April this year. Makes me shudder to think about it...
Bud's spot is kinda bad, made worse by the fact that he's on a recumbent. I think it might be a little easier to navigate that intersection on a diamond frame. |
Any downhill section with driveways or intersections. I got hit on 99W in Tigard (20-25mph) when a driver stuck in stop and go traffic decided at the last moment that he wanted a taco. He got a taco alright... my $230.00 hand-built front wheel, my frame, my forks... I have been told that there was $11K in damages to the front (passenger side) fender. This doesn't include my bike, or my injuries. I'm almost done with the Chiropractor, then it's settlement or court.
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Originally Posted by Booger1
(Post 13385942)
Riding in front of 2 high schools in the morning.Crazy people......
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It's all pretty smooth. Most of the 3 miles is on well designed MUPs. The other bit is just sleepy residential roads.
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the moment my tire touches manhattan real estate, i feel the danger multiplies.
google maps shows i only ride 2 miles in manhattan, sometimes it feels like 4.... "The rise in traffic deaths last year was largely driven by a spike in crashes that killed motorcyclists, from 29 in 2009 to 39. The number of cyclist deaths also increased from 12 to 18. (In 2008, 26 cyclists were killed in traffic.) More pedestrians lost their lives in traffic than any other category of victim: 151 pedestrians were killed by traffic in 2010, five fewer than the year before." http://www.streetsblog.org/2011/02/0...hes-last-year/ |
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/8...1110190811.jpg
It goes on like this for about 3/4 mi. It looks dry, but is actually damp from the fog that rolls in every night. http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/2...1110191742.jpg http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/8...1110191742.jpg Nuts on the ground mixed among the leaves. |
The part that sucks the most for me is where the MUP ends on the left side of the road and I have to cross and mix it up with traffic trying to jockey for position when the left lane suddenly becomes one for left turns only. There are a couple of factories about and transport trucks (generally they are far better than the car jockeys) add to the joy.
The meat packing plant on my route, which accounts for a fair bit of the traffic, is going to close costing 1200 jobs. I think I'd rather have my commute a little more difficult than all those people losing their job. :( |
Originally Posted by Booger1
(Post 13385942)
Riding in front of 2 high schools in the morning.Crazy people......
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Originally Posted by yep202
(Post 13384753)
whats the scariest part of your ride????
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Originally Posted by Scooby214
(Post 13389934)
My scariest part is not riding in front of the school itself, but riding past a bus stop full of high school students.
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Originally Posted by Doohickie
(Post 13388051)
Ah... it's not too bad in Fort Worth... mostly. The video I posted above is also in Fort Worth, from the westside to the southside. Bud and I have met while commuting once or twice.
Bud's spot is kinda bad, made worse by the fact that he's on a recumbent. I think it might be a little easier to navigate that intersection on a diamond frame. Crowley is actually a really nice place to ride. Even my wife, who's extremely afraid of traffic, enjoys the roads around Crowley. The old part of Fort Worth, where you ride, and where I work, isn't bad either. It's the suburbs in between that are tough. |
Amen.
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Making the left turn at the round-about at the end of my street. The "engineers" who designed it built up the center section about 8-10 high, and cars entering cannot see a bike until they are right on top of it, and the drivers insist on traveling through at 20-25 mph.
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Climbing the hill just past the (always) red light where the mosquitos live.
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