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

On Thu, 16 Jan 2025 14:04:47 -0500, Radey Shouman
<shouman@comcast.net> wrote:

Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> writes:
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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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I read that, and though that would hardly pass muster today, the era of
the ADA.

I agree.  Today's bicycle friendly stairs would be a single steel
C-Channel down the center of the stairs for the tires.  To prevent
speeding when going down, weld one way right triangle speed bumps in
the C-Channel at irregular intervals.
<https://www.metalsdepot.com/steel-products/steel-channel>
Safety first, even if it kills you.

Incidentally, the author is also responsible for the Spurious
Correlations web site:
<https://tylervigen.com>


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