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Old 02-06-2007, 11:37 AM   #1 (permalink)
Matthew T. Russotto
 
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Re: Buses with racks go a long way

In article <45c61908$0$27070$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
Wayne Pein <wpein@nc.rr.com> 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.


Try Philadelphia's South Street bridge sometime. It was an open-grid
drawbridge (which is bad enough), but they removed the works decades
ago and filled the grid with concrete. Definitely bike (or at least
road bike) unfriendly.
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