| Re: Buses with racks go a long way
The Real Bev <bashley101+xp@gmail.com> wrote:
> Wayne Pein wrote:
>> Don Klipstein wrote:
>>
>>> What I see as the best use of bike racks on buses is for getting
>>> bike users through bike-unfriendly bridges, also a few tunnels that
>>> I think are no better for bikes than plenty of bridges!
>>
>> There is no such thing as a bike unfriendly bridge or road. It's
>> people who are friendly or unfriendly, and they choose be either way.
>
> I don't think that's true. To accommodate more and more traffic, a
> number of roads have been widened just enough to provide two lanes of
> traffic each way with NO additional space between the cars and the
> curb. No matter how friendly a driver might be, there isn't enough
> space to pass a bicyclist without moving into the next lane, which is
> probably already occupied by a car. This is dangerous for everybody,
> and most bicyclists stay off such roads.
And they are banned on any sensibly organised freeway etc.
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