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

Am 16.01.2025 um 15:09 schrieb Roger Merriman:

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:
>
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.
>
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.
>

 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!

We have something similar here:
<https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor-Heuss-Br%C3%BCcke_(A_6)>
A motorway bridge over the Rhine with a footpath with stairs enabled for pushing bicycles.
The nearest other river crossings are 9km to the North (Worms) and 9km south (Ludwigshafen/Mannheim City center).
Rolf