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Old July 20th 18, 04:04 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Default Making America into Amsterdam

On 7/20/2018 7:22 AM, AMuzi wrote:

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Well, you can't expect people to ride bicycle in alleys. That's not safe.

https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/b...chicago-police


Where I grew up, the new suburb that was build had alleys behinds all
the houses http://oi63.tinypic.com/2l96p8l.jpg.

The alleys were the defacto bike paths for kids. They ran long
distances, though they would cross all the regular streets and you were
supposed to stop. They even had speed limit signs in the alleys "12 MPH."

The alleys were very useful since you could have driveways in the back
of your house, and garbage trucks could collect the trash from both
sides at once since the alleys were narrow.

Strangely, even though the alleys were used as bike paths, there were no
parking lots, LOL.
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