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"Let's go back to the very, very beginning. This conversation is NOT just about bikes or cars or pedestrians. It's about HOW bikers present a unique regulatory issue on our streets and sidewalks."

No, its about how the examiner took an article and distorted it in its headline. And positioned it in a hilarious way above a picture of rioting middle easterners.

"And basically what you're saying is that because I'm a pedestrian, I don't matter. Bikers are an inconvenience to cars--yes--and a DANGER to pedestrians."

If this were about pedestrians, I wouldnt see suggestions for getting cyclists off roads, for licensing them when they ride in streets (or on sidewalks but only outside residential areas) or similar things.

There are active pedestrian advocacy orgs in this region and elsewhere. AFAICT their main issues are A. Ped infrastructure B, Motor vehicle behavior and enforcement and C. Pedestrian education. Bike-ped conflicts are a pretty minor issue.

My sense, and this thread reinforces it, is that most folks speaking for pedestrians frightened by bikes are, as others have said, drivers concerned about delay, not people really concerned about Ped safety. Just as the folks warning about bike/street car conflicts are mostly not cyclists, but are folks opposed to street cars for other reasons.

by AWalkerInTheCity on Sep 13, 2012 4:21 pm • link • report