On Oct 7, 1:57*pm, DennisTheBald wrote:
On Oct 6, 11:00 am, ComandanteBanana
wrote:





OK, if we had a revolution in this country (fill in the blank), we
could put in place a BICYCLE PROGRAM like this. Notice this is
someone's contribution to the revolution...

(I quote, link below)

If we have a revolution in this country:

1) We should make cycling a pre-requisite for driver's ed. lessons.

2) We should give cyclists a tax break for cycling to work (this is
already in progress, maybe the revolution has already started).

3) Motorists who approach bicycles should be treated the same way as
any child molester. Children ride bicycles, therefore anyone who
approaches a bicycle is a child-molester.

4) We should build a system of super-bikeways. Every Interstate
highway and parkway should have a parallel bikeway. The super-bikeways
should be wide enough for streamlined recumbent bikes to run at speed
(~80MPH). The superbikeways should have elevated flyover bridges to
avoid highway crossings.

5) Privatize the highways- Let bicycle clubs in on the bidding to buy
highways and charge heavy tolls on cars.

6) Institute the Death Penalty for any motorist who kills a cyclist.
(Or at least life in prison.)

7) Work proactively with Trucking Companies and Teamsters to get roads
widened, and get inept motorists off the road.

8) Double or triple the number of Amtrak trains.

9) Install light-rail back in every city street which once had
trolleys.

10) Install a device in every car to limit the speed to the actual
posted speed-limit. (The technology is coming, we already have GPS.
Every car should have an RFID chip and every speed-limit sign could
have a scanner to read said RFID chip.)

11) Give 100 million dollars to Nascar to expand the Nascar track
circuit to keep motorists happy. Motorists will still be allowed to
drive faster than the speed limit, they will just have to do it at the
nearest motor-sport park.

12) Make Cycling a sport at every high school. Funds should at least
match what they are paying for school football.

13) Install signs reading "SHARE THE ROAD" on more roads.

14) Double the frequency of road sweeping.

15) Do more brush cutting to clear roadside vegetation.

16) Give bicycle companies "Equal Time" with car companies. Television
and Radio stations will be required to air a bike commercial for every
car advertisement they run.

17) install video surveillance at every bicycle rack, to eliminate the
need for heavy U-locks. Plus install more bicycle racks.

18) Eliminate street parking for automobiles, make the kerb-side
(curbside) lane a bike lane.

-Finis-

There may be more good ideas to institute. Thank you, Mr. Quixote1954,
for starting this thread.

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=473460

I think you get at least as much bang outta just lowering the speed
limit on all the non-hiway roads to 30mph.- Hide quoted text -

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Don't quite understand. I would lower the speed on the right lane to
20 MPH to accomodate bicycle traffic. Then allow higher speeds on
passing lanes regulated both by speed cameras.