Re: Separate bicycle lanes in Toronto

Am Mon, 30 Dec 2024 23:29:39 -0500 schrieb Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>:

On 12/30/2024 2:09 PM, AMuzi wrote:

https://momentummag.com/toronto-artist-creates-loser-lane-an-unwinnable-
video-game-to-protest-bike-lane-removal/

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I agree with the comment:
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" If biking in the “loser lane” is so dangerous–and it is–why do you
bike there? ... I started taking the lane."

I like the alliteration in "loser lane".   Those bike lanes remind me of
the lyrics of Hotel Calfornia: 

"You can check-out any time you like
But you can never leave!"

Taking the right lane on a road with two directional lanes is quite
different from taking the left lane, when obstacles or dangers on the
right lane aren't obvious to motorists on the left lane.  Like for
example when the left-hand lane had been cleaned form dirt by the tires
of cars, but the right-hand (bicycle) lane had not.  Even worse: black
ice. During winter, on my way to work, I've often found that the
left-hand lane had long been free of ice where the cycle lane was still
slippery and dangerous.  

As long as there were still routes without loser lanes, I used those.

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