Hah...after years of listening to vehicular cyclists promoting putting narrow lanes into the area between 50 mph traffic and car doors opening, suddenly, someone got a brain and figured out that was probably not the ideal cycling environment for most.
The best thing for bikes? A shrinking population...like Portland's.
Now the peds and bikers shall battle to the death.
We can use these on a north-south route in the south end. Some fool is seriously going to get run the fuck over on the Rainier International Speedway â„¢.
That's pretty cool. Sadly it ends right where the traffic situation actually gets most dangerous on the Wallingford-to-University District ride. I like going down to the Burke then over, but it is longer and means climbing the hill to get to Trader Joe's
I live a couple blocks from the western terminus of the Wallingord greenway. Sure it's nice, but I'll probably keep on using 45th for most of my cross-neighborhood bike trips.
I do wish there was a better way to ride a bike or walk from my house to all the businesses in Upper Fremont, which are only a few blocks from my house as the crow flies. Aurora makes what should be a two minute stroll into a 15 minute journey, and 46th is a cycling nightmare, while the bridge on 41st with its two sets of stairs on each side is annoying even with the "runnel" SDOT installed.
Also, I can't wait until the mythical pedestrian/cyclist bridge is installed over I5 between Wallingford and the U District. Riding 45th is gnarly for most cyclists.
All said and done, though, I'm loving being a cyclist in Seattle these days. Now of it'd only start being 50 degrees a little more often!
Hah...after years of listening to vehicular cyclists promoting putting narrow lanes into the area between 50 mph traffic and car doors opening, suddenly, someone got a brain and figured out that was probably not the ideal cycling environment for most.
The best thing for bikes? A shrinking population...like Portland's.
We can use these on a north-south route in the south end. Some fool is seriously going to get run the fuck over on the Rainier International Speedway â„¢.
Quick! Someone text Dori Monson to mobilize the Real Taxpayers against this cyclofascist assault!
We don't need your "authorization" ...
I do wish there was a better way to ride a bike or walk from my house to all the businesses in Upper Fremont, which are only a few blocks from my house as the crow flies. Aurora makes what should be a two minute stroll into a 15 minute journey, and 46th is a cycling nightmare, while the bridge on 41st with its two sets of stairs on each side is annoying even with the "runnel" SDOT installed.
Also, I can't wait until the mythical pedestrian/cyclist bridge is installed over I5 between Wallingford and the U District. Riding 45th is gnarly for most cyclists.
All said and done, though, I'm loving being a cyclist in Seattle these days. Now of it'd only start being 50 degrees a little more often!