|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
Ads |
#62
|
|||
|
|||
Making "protected" bike lanes safe
On 4/11/2019 4:20 PM, Radey Shouman wrote:
Frank Krygowski writes: I live in a metro area that suddenly lost its major industry, which was making steel. After that we lost a major electrical component manufacturer (Delphi) when GM decided to make wiring harnesses in Mexico. And we just lost a huge GM assembly plant in Lordstown, despite the Trumpster saying "Don't sell your houses. Steel is coming back, manufacturing is coming back..." Yeah, Tom's got lovely weather, Jay's got views of Mt. Hood. Your home values (and your taxes) are soaring to the stratosphere. But I've got nice empty roads! That works if you're retired. You can hang out and play the banjo all day. No I can't! I have to leave time for bike rides! (Actually, banjo is one instrument I rarely try to play. That's partly because the house banjo actually belongs to my wife.) -- - Frank Krygowski |
#63
|
|||
|
|||
Making "protected" bike lanes safe
On 4/11/2019 6:19 PM, John B. wrote:
On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 12:03:16 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 4/11/2019 10:43 AM, wrote: On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 9:17:14 PM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote: And where does it end, and at what public expense? https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f6/63...568b113132.jpg And what is the net benefit to cyclists? Segregated facilities can be a nightmare with high traffic volumes -- apart from the cleaning issues. What I never understood about the SCV was why people weren't riding back when I commuted everywhere in the '70s and early '80s. I didn't even own a car for most of that time. Sunny weather, wide streets, moderate traffic volumes -- probably way better than now, and nobody rode to work. I assume ridership has increased and that the cities can justify the expense of special facilities. -- Jay Beattie. Was that a bridge across a Freeway? If you're referring to the photo Jay linked, I believe it's a conceptual drawing for a really, really safe bike facility. It's an elevated tube with weather protection, only for bicyclists. It would be really, really, really safe. But Jay is negligent in promoting that version! Anyone can see that the eastbound cyclists can crash into the westbound ones. When, oh when, will we realize we need two parallel tubes everywhere - for safety??? Of course there are problems with roads everywhere. Along the beach in Alameda they tried putting the bike lane two way along the beach side. This puts the parking lane outside. So people park and throw their doors open into traffic. And passengers throw their doors open into the bike lane. And the two way traffic on the bike lane puts Joe Pretend Racer one the same path that a 3 year old on a balance bike is riding. Can you see any practical way of improving it? Jay's tubular bike path - or actually, the much better twin-tube version - will go a long way toward _finally_ making biking safe... Until we can build an entire parallel universe for bike riders. Take heart, safety fans! Elon Musk is working on it! What you really need is a separate tax structure for cyclists, to pay for their special paths. And if we don't want to use the "special paths," we don't have to pay? Fine by me. -- - Frank Krygowski |
#64
|
|||
|
|||
Making "protected" bike lanes safe
John B. wrote:
On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 22:55:15 -0000 (UTC), Duane wrote: John B. wrote: On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 08:33:38 -0500, AMuzi wrote: On 4/10/2019 10:33 PM, John B. wrote: On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 21:25:24 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 4/10/2019 8:04 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote: On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 7:48:01 PM UTC-4, John B. wrote: On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 10:40:28 -0700 (PDT), Sir Ridesalot wrote: On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 1:01:00 PM UTC-4, wrote: On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 11:39:10 AM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote: For six or seven years, the loudest and best financed bike lobbying organizations have been saying we need "protected" bike lanes everywhere. They say it's obviously inadequate to have just a paint stripe separating bikes from cars; we need at _least_ posts, and preferably a line of parked cars. You know, so the bicyclists are totally hidden from motorists until the motorist crosses the bike lane to access a street or driveway. Segregation skeptics have been saying for just as long that the "protection" vanishes precisely where the conflicts are worse. And the design adds new surprises to traffic interactions. Surprises in traffic are NOT good. And there have been crashes, just as predicted. A mile of "protected" bike lane put in Columbus, Ohio a few years ago went from 1.5 car-bike crashes per year to 13 crashes (IIRC) in the year it was installed. And here's the latest one: https://sf.streetsblog.org/2019/04/0...e-mixing-zone/ The solution? "Protected" intersections everywhere! https://vimeo.com/86721046 I haven't seen any cost estimates for this new cycling nirvana. That would be interesting. - Frank Krygowski Bike lanes have sufficient "protection" by lines on the street. In many places you have broken glass in the lane and you have to pull out into the full lane. Yesterday there were heavy gusting winds and on the downhills I had to use the entire lane to be able to retain full control. The problem with far too many painted strip bike lanes is that they put the bicyclist smack dab in the door zone of parked cars. I've seen bike lanes that go partway onto the on ramp of a 100 kph 60 mph highway where bicycles are NOT permitted. The problem is that any motorist using such an on ramp does NOT expect to see a bicyclist there. I use the through traffic lane in those areas and ignore the painted bicycle lane entirely. That's also not to mention painted bicycle lanes that end suddenly especially those that do it on a downhill. Cheers Perhaps the solution is to go the other way and build motor vehicle only lanes. This would do essentially the same thing as the bicycle only lanes of separating the big fierce motor vehicles from the small meek bicycles. -- cheers, John B. Or just let the bicycles share the lane with the motor vehicles? It's legal here. It's what I do. It works. Remember, I'm the guy who doesn't have cars cut across my path, despite the lack of magic DRLs. Well, I had supposed that building bike lanes was actually beneficial to the cyclist. Otherwise why would your duly elected leaders build them? Rather like the great Wall of America that your leader is intent on building will make the U.S. safe from those poor misbegotten people in South America. Strangely we don't have those things here and I don't find it difficult to ride here :-) In fact, as I have written, the only time I have felt in real danger was when I ran a stop sign and someone was coming the other way. It was a three way cross and I didn't see anyone so just kept going.... I hadn't noticed a pickup which came over the brow of a little rise. I went off the road (very quickly) and crashed in a bed of nettles :-) Don't be obtuse. Nearly everyone here likes immigrants, who are not the same as illegal entries. Even loopy-left Trudeau understand that problem: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47874012 An interesting statement as I read at www.christianpost.com that: Average Americans believe that immigrants have had more of a negative than beneficial impact on the crime rate, the economy, social and moral values, and job opportunities, according to the recent Gallup poll. The survey, conducted June 4-24 and released Friday, showed that 58 percent of Americans believe the crime situation is worst because of immigrants, while 46 percent say this people group has negatively impacted the economy in general. -- cheers, John B. Christianpost.com? Give me a ****ing break. Why, can you deny that the Christians are some of the most impartial and unprejudiced folks in the history of mankind? -- You mean like the crusaders? -- duane |
#65
|
|||
|
|||
Making "protected" bike lanes safe
On 4/11/2019 8:34 PM, Duane wrote:
John B. wrote: On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 22:55:15 -0000 (UTC), Duane wrote: John B. wrote: On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 08:33:38 -0500, AMuzi wrote: On 4/10/2019 10:33 PM, John B. wrote: On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 21:25:24 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 4/10/2019 8:04 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote: On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 7:48:01 PM UTC-4, John B. wrote: On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 10:40:28 -0700 (PDT), Sir Ridesalot wrote: On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 1:01:00 PM UTC-4, wrote: On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 11:39:10 AM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote: For six or seven years, the loudest and best financed bike lobbying organizations have been saying we need "protected" bike lanes everywhere. They say it's obviously inadequate to have just a paint stripe separating bikes from cars; we need at _least_ posts, and preferably a line of parked cars. You know, so the bicyclists are totally hidden from motorists until the motorist crosses the bike lane to access a street or driveway. Segregation skeptics have been saying for just as long that the "protection" vanishes precisely where the conflicts are worse. And the design adds new surprises to traffic interactions. Surprises in traffic are NOT good. And there have been crashes, just as predicted. A mile of "protected" bike lane put in Columbus, Ohio a few years ago went from 1.5 car-bike crashes per year to 13 crashes (IIRC) in the year it was installed. And here's the latest one: https://sf.streetsblog.org/2019/04/0...e-mixing-zone/ The solution? "Protected" intersections everywhere! https://vimeo.com/86721046 I haven't seen any cost estimates for this new cycling nirvana. That would be interesting. - Frank Krygowski Bike lanes have sufficient "protection" by lines on the street. In many places you have broken glass in the lane and you have to pull out into the full lane. Yesterday there were heavy gusting winds and on the downhills I had to use the entire lane to be able to retain full control. The problem with far too many painted strip bike lanes is that they put the bicyclist smack dab in the door zone of parked cars. I've seen bike lanes that go partway onto the on ramp of a 100 kph 60 mph highway where bicycles are NOT permitted. The problem is that any motorist using such an on ramp does NOT expect to see a bicyclist there. I use the through traffic lane in those areas and ignore the painted bicycle lane entirely. That's also not to mention painted bicycle lanes that end suddenly especially those that do it on a downhill. Cheers Perhaps the solution is to go the other way and build motor vehicle only lanes. This would do essentially the same thing as the bicycle only lanes of separating the big fierce motor vehicles from the small meek bicycles. -- cheers, John B. Or just let the bicycles share the lane with the motor vehicles? It's legal here. It's what I do. It works. Remember, I'm the guy who doesn't have cars cut across my path, despite the lack of magic DRLs. Well, I had supposed that building bike lanes was actually beneficial to the cyclist. Otherwise why would your duly elected leaders build them? Rather like the great Wall of America that your leader is intent on building will make the U.S. safe from those poor misbegotten people in South America. Strangely we don't have those things here and I don't find it difficult to ride here :-) In fact, as I have written, the only time I have felt in real danger was when I ran a stop sign and someone was coming the other way. It was a three way cross and I didn't see anyone so just kept going.... I hadn't noticed a pickup which came over the brow of a little rise. I went off the road (very quickly) and crashed in a bed of nettles :-) Don't be obtuse. Nearly everyone here likes immigrants, who are not the same as illegal entries. Even loopy-left Trudeau understand that problem: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47874012 An interesting statement as I read at www.christianpost.com that: Average Americans believe that immigrants have had more of a negative than beneficial impact on the crime rate, the economy, social and moral values, and job opportunities, according to the recent Gallup poll. The survey, conducted June 4-24 and released Friday, showed that 58 percent of Americans believe the crime situation is worst because of immigrants, while 46 percent say this people group has negatively impacted the economy in general. -- cheers, John B. Christianpost.com? Give me a ****ing break. Why, can you deny that the Christians are some of the most impartial and unprejudiced folks in the history of mankind? -- You mean like the crusaders? Not so simple an example. That began with harassment of pilgrims and the Orthodox church else Europeans would not have bothered. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
#66
|
|||
|
|||
Making "protected" bike lanes safe
On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 20:57:49 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote: On 4/11/2019 7:00 PM, AK wrote: On Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 10:16:45 AM UTC-5, Radey Shouman wrote: " writes: On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 6:48:01 PM UTC-5, John B. wrote: On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 10:40:28 -0700 (PDT), Sir Ridesalot wrote: On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 1:01:00 PM UTC-4, wrote: On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 11:39:10 AM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote: For six or seven years, the loudest and best financed bike lobbying organizations have been saying we need "protected" bike lanes everywhere. They say it's obviously inadequate to have just a paint stripe separating bikes from cars; we need at _least_ posts, and preferably a line of parked cars. You know, so the bicyclists are totally hidden from motorists until the motorist crosses the bike lane to access a street or driveway. Segregation skeptics have been saying for just as long that the "protection" vanishes precisely where the conflicts are worse. And the design adds new surprises to traffic interactions. Surprises in traffic are NOT good. And there have been crashes, just as predicted. A mile of "protected" bike lane put in Columbus, Ohio a few years ago went from 1.5 car-bike crashes per year to 13 crashes (IIRC) in the year it was installed. And here's the latest one: https://sf.streetsblog.org/2019/04/0...e-mixing-zone/ The solution? "Protected" intersections everywhere! https://vimeo.com/86721046 I haven't seen any cost estimates for this new cycling nirvana. That would be interesting. - Frank Krygowski Bike lanes have sufficient "protection" by lines on the street. In many places you have broken glass in the lane and you have to pull out into the full lane. Yesterday there were heavy gusting winds and on the downhills I had to use the entire lane to be able to retain full control. The problem with far too many painted strip bike lanes is that they put the bicyclist smack dab in the door zone of parked cars. I've seen bike lanes that go partway onto the on ramp of a 100 kph 60 mph highway where bicycles are NOT permitted. The problem is that any motorist using such an on ramp does NOT expect to see a bicyclist there. I use the through traffic lane in those areas and ignore the painted bicycle lane entirely. That's also not to mention painted bicycle lanes that end suddenly especially those that do it on a downhill. Cheers Perhaps the solution is to go the other way and build motor vehicle only lanes. This would do essentially the same thing as the bicycle only lanes of separating the big fierce motor vehicles from the small meek bicycles. -- cheers, John B. Oh, you're not an American obviously. If you were from the USA you would know that Interstates are only for motor vehicles. Bicycles are not allowed on Interstates. That's actually up to the individual states. Bicycles are allowed on quite a few western interstates, and, according to Wikipedia, all of them in Idaho, Montana, the Dakotas, and Wyoming. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-...ss_on_freeways You have to have a death wish to ride a bike on a freeway. Don't you mean "Danger! Danger!" ? In my experience, it was noisy but very safe, at least out in the western U.S. Traffic was usually pretty light. Almost everyone changed to the inner lane to pass us. My ladies especially liked that the tractor trailer rigs were all pulling tailwinds behind them. We wished more of them did not change lanes, so the brief draft would be stronger. Oh, and lots and lots of them tooted their horns in greeting as we rode along. My daughter was giving them the universal "Honk your horn" sign, pulling down on an imaginary train whistle control. I think they may have been discussing our presence over their radios. It does help to be riding with two cute ladies. I habitually ride on what might be considered a free way - 4 - 6 lane limited access highway with a median strip usually 6 or 8 feet of grass or sometimes a solid fence or wall, with traffic traveling in excess, normally, of 100 KpH. -- cheers, John B. |
#67
|
|||
|
|||
Making "protected" bike lanes safe
On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 21:02:34 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote: On 4/11/2019 6:51 PM, John B. wrote: On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 16:15:03 -0500, AMuzi wrote: On 4/11/2019 2:52 PM, wrote: On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 11:16:40 PM UTC-5, John B. wrote: On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 20:36:42 -0700 (PDT), " wrote: Perhaps the solution is to go the other way and build motor vehicle only lanes. This would do essentially the same thing as the bicycle only lanes of separating the big fierce motor vehicles from the small meek bicycles. -- cheers, John B. Oh, you're not an American obviously. If you were from the USA you would know that Interstates are only for motor vehicles. Bicycles are not allowed on Interstates. Well, I've got a U.S. passport, or aren't USians considered "Americans" these days? And Yes, I do know about "Interstate" highways and we have generally the same thing here, 6 or 8 lane highways with limited, in the sense that there aren't many, access but here they can be used by anyone. Then we have "toll Roads" which are normally restricted to 4 or more wheel vehicles. I doubt if you have a USA passport or are an American citizen. Or have not spent much if any time in the USA. YOU wrote "Perhaps the solution is to go the other way and build motor vehicle only lanes." And I wrote that Americans, citizens of the USA, know that the USA has Interstates that are only for motor vehicles. Exactly what you suggested in your written comments. No one from the USA would suggest building motor vehicle only lanes because every American already knows they exist. About as stupid and ignorant a comment as suggesting "Lets build the Eiffel Tower." Obviously, the Eiffel Tower was already built. Just like motor vehicle only Interstates have already been built in the USA. So why suggest something that is already in operation? Are you going to suggest traffic lights and stop signs next? Mr Slocumb, retired USAF, probably intended that as humor. Cynicism, cynicism. It is difficult to be humorous about the small minority of the population who ride bicycles for pleasure and almost certainly own an automobile in addition to their bicycle, demanding special treatment at tax payer's expense.. Who resist any and all suggestions that they should provide proof of riding ability and knowledge of traffic before riding on public roads, that froth at the mouth at the thought that, like other users of public roads, they should "register" their vehicles or have their vehicles inspected to see that the vehicles are safe to use on public highways and that knowingly disobey traffic laws, That generally act as though they are 6 years old trundling their little bicycle, with the training wheels, up and down the family driveway, but demand the right to use public roads. I assume you know that many of us posting here don't share the attitudes you complain about. However, I do object to some of your ideas. We can discuss, mostly in terms of cost vs. benefit. As one example, I've lived in two or three cities with bike registrations - sometimes supposedly mandatory, sometimes voluntary. Turns out it was never worth the bureaucracy and expense. This is a discussion group. We can discuss. Frank, I've read your posts where you said (admitted?) to running a stop sign or light. I read here the anguished outcries when someone talked about licensing bicycles. I've seen people riding a "fixie" in Bangkok traffic, a bike with no brakes at all and even Sheldon mentions those who ride a fixie on the road with no brakes. We had a bloke here some years ago that used to talk about pulling wheelies on public roads. There have been innumerable stories about miserable. lousy brakes but a suggestion for safety inspections is unacceptable. .. We had a discussion fairly recently about bicycles paying road tax and the group was solidly against it - buy a bike and use the roads free? I read that something like 50% of bicycle accidents are solo accidents but the thought of some sort of test to ensure that the cyclist is responsible, competent, and does know the highway laws is abhorrent to all. I read people talking about "taking the lane" and "my lane" as though they were guaranteed a lane for their own... but every state I've driven in has had, as part of the highway code, a rule that one should not impede other traffic. I could go on... and on.... and on. -- cheers, John B. |
#68
|
|||
|
|||
Making "protected" bike lanes safe
On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 21:08:11 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote: On 4/11/2019 6:19 PM, John B. wrote: On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 12:03:16 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 4/11/2019 10:43 AM, wrote: On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 9:17:14 PM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote: And where does it end, and at what public expense? https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f6/63...568b113132.jpg And what is the net benefit to cyclists? Segregated facilities can be a nightmare with high traffic volumes -- apart from the cleaning issues. What I never understood about the SCV was why people weren't riding back when I commuted everywhere in the '70s and early '80s. I didn't even own a car for most of that time. Sunny weather, wide streets, moderate traffic volumes -- probably way better than now, and nobody rode to work. I assume ridership has increased and that the cities can justify the expense of special facilities. -- Jay Beattie. Was that a bridge across a Freeway? If you're referring to the photo Jay linked, I believe it's a conceptual drawing for a really, really safe bike facility. It's an elevated tube with weather protection, only for bicyclists. It would be really, really, really safe. But Jay is negligent in promoting that version! Anyone can see that the eastbound cyclists can crash into the westbound ones. When, oh when, will we realize we need two parallel tubes everywhere - for safety??? Of course there are problems with roads everywhere. Along the beach in Alameda they tried putting the bike lane two way along the beach side. This puts the parking lane outside. So people park and throw their doors open into traffic. And passengers throw their doors open into the bike lane. And the two way traffic on the bike lane puts Joe Pretend Racer one the same path that a 3 year old on a balance bike is riding. Can you see any practical way of improving it? Jay's tubular bike path - or actually, the much better twin-tube version - will go a long way toward _finally_ making biking safe... Until we can build an entire parallel universe for bike riders. Take heart, safety fans! Elon Musk is working on it! What you really need is a separate tax structure for cyclists, to pay for their special paths. And if we don't want to use the "special paths," we don't have to pay? Fine by me. Why ever not? After all, the idea of toll roads, where you pay to use the highway, dates back at least 2.700 years and there are currently "Toll Roads" all over the U.S. Ohio has the Ohio Turnpike that the Wiki says you must pay $18.75 to drive on :-) -- cheers, John B. |
#69
|
|||
|
|||
Making "protected" bike lanes safe
On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 01:34:15 -0000 (UTC), Duane
wrote: John B. wrote: On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 22:55:15 -0000 (UTC), Duane wrote: John B. wrote: On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 08:33:38 -0500, AMuzi wrote: On 4/10/2019 10:33 PM, John B. wrote: On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 21:25:24 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 4/10/2019 8:04 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote: On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 7:48:01 PM UTC-4, John B. wrote: On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 10:40:28 -0700 (PDT), Sir Ridesalot wrote: On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 1:01:00 PM UTC-4, wrote: On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 11:39:10 AM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote: For six or seven years, the loudest and best financed bike lobbying organizations have been saying we need "protected" bike lanes everywhere. They say it's obviously inadequate to have just a paint stripe separating bikes from cars; we need at _least_ posts, and preferably a line of parked cars. You know, so the bicyclists are totally hidden from motorists until the motorist crosses the bike lane to access a street or driveway. Segregation skeptics have been saying for just as long that the "protection" vanishes precisely where the conflicts are worse. And the design adds new surprises to traffic interactions. Surprises in traffic are NOT good. And there have been crashes, just as predicted. A mile of "protected" bike lane put in Columbus, Ohio a few years ago went from 1.5 car-bike crashes per year to 13 crashes (IIRC) in the year it was installed. And here's the latest one: https://sf.streetsblog.org/2019/04/0...e-mixing-zone/ The solution? "Protected" intersections everywhere! https://vimeo.com/86721046 I haven't seen any cost estimates for this new cycling nirvana. That would be interesting. - Frank Krygowski Bike lanes have sufficient "protection" by lines on the street. In many places you have broken glass in the lane and you have to pull out into the full lane. Yesterday there were heavy gusting winds and on the downhills I had to use the entire lane to be able to retain full control. The problem with far too many painted strip bike lanes is that they put the bicyclist smack dab in the door zone of parked cars. I've seen bike lanes that go partway onto the on ramp of a 100 kph 60 mph highway where bicycles are NOT permitted. The problem is that any motorist using such an on ramp does NOT expect to see a bicyclist there. I use the through traffic lane in those areas and ignore the painted bicycle lane entirely. That's also not to mention painted bicycle lanes that end suddenly especially those that do it on a downhill. Cheers Perhaps the solution is to go the other way and build motor vehicle only lanes. This would do essentially the same thing as the bicycle only lanes of separating the big fierce motor vehicles from the small meek bicycles. -- cheers, John B. Or just let the bicycles share the lane with the motor vehicles? It's legal here. It's what I do. It works. Remember, I'm the guy who doesn't have cars cut across my path, despite the lack of magic DRLs. Well, I had supposed that building bike lanes was actually beneficial to the cyclist. Otherwise why would your duly elected leaders build them? Rather like the great Wall of America that your leader is intent on building will make the U.S. safe from those poor misbegotten people in South America. Strangely we don't have those things here and I don't find it difficult to ride here :-) In fact, as I have written, the only time I have felt in real danger was when I ran a stop sign and someone was coming the other way. It was a three way cross and I didn't see anyone so just kept going.... I hadn't noticed a pickup which came over the brow of a little rise. I went off the road (very quickly) and crashed in a bed of nettles :-) Don't be obtuse. Nearly everyone here likes immigrants, who are not the same as illegal entries. Even loopy-left Trudeau understand that problem: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47874012 An interesting statement as I read at www.christianpost.com that: Average Americans believe that immigrants have had more of a negative than beneficial impact on the crime rate, the economy, social and moral values, and job opportunities, according to the recent Gallup poll. The survey, conducted June 4-24 and released Friday, showed that 58 percent of Americans believe the crime situation is worst because of immigrants, while 46 percent say this people group has negatively impacted the economy in general. -- cheers, John B. Christianpost.com? Give me a ****ing break. Why, can you deny that the Christians are some of the most impartial and unprejudiced folks in the history of mankind? -- You mean like the crusaders? My comment was in response to the chap that wrote "Christianpost.com? Give me a ****ing break". I assumed that he must be anti Christian. -- cheers, John B. |
#70
|
|||
|
|||
Making "protected" bike lanes safe
On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 20:49:08 -0500, AMuzi wrote:
On 4/11/2019 8:34 PM, Duane wrote: John B. wrote: On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 22:55:15 -0000 (UTC), Duane wrote: John B. wrote: On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 08:33:38 -0500, AMuzi wrote: On 4/10/2019 10:33 PM, John B. wrote: On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 21:25:24 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 4/10/2019 8:04 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote: On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 7:48:01 PM UTC-4, John B. wrote: On Wed, 10 Apr 2019 10:40:28 -0700 (PDT), Sir Ridesalot wrote: On Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 1:01:00 PM UTC-4, wrote: On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 11:39:10 AM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote: For six or seven years, the loudest and best financed bike lobbying organizations have been saying we need "protected" bike lanes everywhere. They say it's obviously inadequate to have just a paint stripe separating bikes from cars; we need at _least_ posts, and preferably a line of parked cars. You know, so the bicyclists are totally hidden from motorists until the motorist crosses the bike lane to access a street or driveway. Segregation skeptics have been saying for just as long that the "protection" vanishes precisely where the conflicts are worse. And the design adds new surprises to traffic interactions. Surprises in traffic are NOT good. And there have been crashes, just as predicted. A mile of "protected" bike lane put in Columbus, Ohio a few years ago went from 1.5 car-bike crashes per year to 13 crashes (IIRC) in the year it was installed. And here's the latest one: https://sf.streetsblog.org/2019/04/0...e-mixing-zone/ The solution? "Protected" intersections everywhere! https://vimeo.com/86721046 I haven't seen any cost estimates for this new cycling nirvana. That would be interesting. - Frank Krygowski Bike lanes have sufficient "protection" by lines on the street. In many places you have broken glass in the lane and you have to pull out into the full lane. Yesterday there were heavy gusting winds and on the downhills I had to use the entire lane to be able to retain full control. The problem with far too many painted strip bike lanes is that they put the bicyclist smack dab in the door zone of parked cars. I've seen bike lanes that go partway onto the on ramp of a 100 kph 60 mph highway where bicycles are NOT permitted. The problem is that any motorist using such an on ramp does NOT expect to see a bicyclist there. I use the through traffic lane in those areas and ignore the painted bicycle lane entirely. That's also not to mention painted bicycle lanes that end suddenly especially those that do it on a downhill. Cheers Perhaps the solution is to go the other way and build motor vehicle only lanes. This would do essentially the same thing as the bicycle only lanes of separating the big fierce motor vehicles from the small meek bicycles. -- cheers, John B. Or just let the bicycles share the lane with the motor vehicles? It's legal here. It's what I do. It works. Remember, I'm the guy who doesn't have cars cut across my path, despite the lack of magic DRLs. Well, I had supposed that building bike lanes was actually beneficial to the cyclist. Otherwise why would your duly elected leaders build them? Rather like the great Wall of America that your leader is intent on building will make the U.S. safe from those poor misbegotten people in South America. Strangely we don't have those things here and I don't find it difficult to ride here :-) In fact, as I have written, the only time I have felt in real danger was when I ran a stop sign and someone was coming the other way. It was a three way cross and I didn't see anyone so just kept going.... I hadn't noticed a pickup which came over the brow of a little rise. I went off the road (very quickly) and crashed in a bed of nettles :-) Don't be obtuse. Nearly everyone here likes immigrants, who are not the same as illegal entries. Even loopy-left Trudeau understand that problem: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47874012 An interesting statement as I read at www.christianpost.com that: Average Americans believe that immigrants have had more of a negative than beneficial impact on the crime rate, the economy, social and moral values, and job opportunities, according to the recent Gallup poll. The survey, conducted June 4-24 and released Friday, showed that 58 percent of Americans believe the crime situation is worst because of immigrants, while 46 percent say this people group has negatively impacted the economy in general. -- cheers, John B. Christianpost.com? Give me a ****ing break. Why, can you deny that the Christians are some of the most impartial and unprejudiced folks in the history of mankind? -- You mean like the crusaders? Not so simple an example. That began with harassment of pilgrims and the Orthodox church else Europeans would not have bothered. That is largely true but a bit of history seems to show that perhaps the underlying reason for the middle-east crusades was largely financial - to gain a kingdom. And yes, "he Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon" were formed in 1119 as a monastic order for the protection of the pilgrims... And soon became one of the, if not the, wealthiest organization(s) in the world (at that time) which was basically their downfall. .. -- cheers, John B. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Protected Bike Lanes Must Become the New Normal | Bertrand[_2_] | Techniques | 3 | September 22nd 17 04:32 AM |
Bike Facilities Report: Protected Bike Lanes a "Resounding Success" | jbeattie | Techniques | 32 | August 15th 14 06:09 PM |
"Dedicated Bike Lanes Can Cut Cycling Injuries in Half" | sms | Techniques | 3 | August 1st 13 12:36 AM |
Off Topic - Protected Bike Lanes | JR Namida | Techniques | 24 | January 25th 13 07:55 AM |
Motorbikes and "bike lanes" or I took stupid pills when? | Zebee Johnstone | Australia | 64 | April 4th 06 02:17 PM |