| Re: Buses with racks go a long way
In article <45c61908$0$27070$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>, 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.
How about Philadelphia's "George Platt Bridge"? Narrow lanes and hardly
anyone moving slower than significantly above the posted speed limit!
How about the "Ben Franklin Bridge" between Philadelphia and Camden?
Signs state a restriction of bikes to the walkway which is only open some
hours of the day. One day I hit that bridge behind schedule and cops were
there and they told me I had to wait for a bus or taxi that would take my
bike!
How about the "Walt Whitman Bridge" between southern portion of
Philadelphia and southern portion of Camden, and being a portion of I-76?
I am surely under the impression that this one is "motor vehicles only"!
How about the "Commodore Barry Bridge" crossing the Delaware River a
little ways south of Philadelphia, with a little gritty city on the PA
side with the name of Chester? No walkway, no bikeway, lanes almost
harrowingly narrow, trucks and buses restricted to right lane, and slower
traffic only slightly exceeds the posted 45 MPH speed limit? So
bike-unfriendly that I never checked for "motor vehicles only" signs that
I suspect exist.
- Don Klipstein (don@misty.com)
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