Re: Lost your home? Car? Everything? Thank a bicyclist and the California road diet.

On 1/16/2025 9:09 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:

Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote:

On Tue, 14 Jan 2025 13:33:59 -0500, Radey Shouman
<shouman@comcast.net> wrote:

There are some of those in the US as well.  Here's a story on the
history of an ordinarily mysterious one, which I found entertaining:
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https://tylervigen.com/the-mystery-of-the-bloomfield-bridge

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Thanks.  Interesting detective story.  It took me over and hour to
read because the phone kept ringing.
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There's also a bicycle related connection that starts at "IS IT A
REGULATION?"  The stairs were designed to have ramps that are the
width of bicycle tires to make it easier to push bicycles up the
stairs.  Click on the tiny "note" for details.
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 Are some old “bike friendly” steps etc with those in the vague area,
definitely something that requires someone to either have nice light bike
or be fairly large and strong!
 <https://maps.app.goo.gl/zuNZrLTTY4Pd6XY48> is okay in a doable way on the
Gravel bike, MTB tyres are too fat! And utility bikes are bit of pig to
manoeuvre up similar setups definitely subpar infrastructure!

When we rode coast to coast, we wanted to ride the scenic old "Historic Columbia River Highway." We were happy to leave the noisy I-84 interstate to do that.
But entering it from the eastern end, we had to haul our bikes up about three flights of concrete stairs. I would have been happy to have a smooth track for the bike tires, even though it still would have been a heavy lift.
I'd have been happier to have an elevator!
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- Frank Krygowski