Re: Some bicycle paths...

On 7/21/2024 11:20 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:

Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

On Sun, 21 Jul 2024 14:01:40 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com>
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Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

On Sun, 21 Jul 2024 10:00:40 +0200, Wolfgang Strobl
<news5@mystrobl.de> wrote:
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Am Fri, 19 Jul 2024 15:43:45 -0400 schrieb Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org>:
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On Thu, 18 Jul 2024 20:37:21 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13647915/pediatric-cancer-doctor-barbara-friedes-philadelphia-bike-lane-crash-death.html

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That's not a path I'd want to ride.

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Me neither.
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Bud I do not prefer those back roads*) and paths used by drunk drivers,
trying to avoid getting caught, either.
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*) "Schleichweg", in German

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Not many drunk drivers when I'm riding the back roads. I'm usually
finished riding by early afternoon.
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Seems to be rapidly declining (drink driving) and has been socially
unacceptable for my lifetime, perhaps Germany which is quite car centric,
see the mandatory bike lanes ie one has to use them as apposed to UK and I
believe American where “Mandatory” means cars can’t use it but bikes are
free to choose.
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Roger Merriman

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Other than the limited access and interstates, I've never seen a
street or road where bicycles were not allowed. I suppose there might
be such a thing. Some local government officials are morons.
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Are a few though they are special cases, and very few in number, more that
is some places such as Germany a Mandatory bike lane you’d require to use
it, which really is a political failure ie car centric.

A statewide advocacy organization I belong to managed to get into state law that authorities could not prohibit bikes from any normal (non-limited-access) road. I had the pleasure of notifying one city of that, and having them remove some "Bicycles Prohibited" signs.
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- Frank Krygowski