Comments on: A new word for your vocabulary

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:46:57 +0000

re: Chas

Yeah thats right, lets spend MILLIONS of $ on less than 6%, at best; in the best weather, of commuters.

During my commute EVERY day to and from work on Lk. Union, I have the “pleasure” to observe how bikers OBEY the “rules of the road.” A kindly estimate of those that actually OBEY the laws is about 2 in 10.

I have seen bikers purposely stay in the middle of the road just to imped cars.

I have seen bikers “split lanes” to get to the front of stop light lines.

I have seen bikers cut across lanes of traffic without using hand signals.

I have seen bikers cut through crosswalks WHILE pedestrians are in it, almost hitting them.

If bikers want to “share the road” I have no problem with that, but THEY MUST OBSERVE TRAFFIC LAWS ALSO.

By: Sage

Sage — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:30:37 +0000

re: Todd in Westwood. I commute daily from 30th & Webster to 1st & Dawson by bike — pretty similar to your start and destination. My round-about path is 30th to Thistle to 16th to Holden, then down Highland Park Way (not as scary to ride down as it might seem) to the 1st Ave bridge (fine, underused bike path), and then you’re basically there. I much prefer this route to using the lower W. Seattle bridge

On the bigger issue, sharrows definitely *don’t* cost $270 million to paint in the road, but have been shown to make a big difference in how bikers ride and cars drive. Can’t wait to see them here in W. Seattle.

By: Grant Barrett

Grant Barrett — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:16:57 +0000

As far as I've been able to determine, "sharrows" originated in San Francisco in 2004. Here's my dictionary entry for "sharrow".

By: Todd in Westwood

Todd in Westwood — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:05:24 +0000

Speaking of bike lanes. does anyone know a route from Westwood down to 2nd and Lucile without going down Roxbury/Olsen Place/ect by bike??

Thanks.

By: Jiggers

Jiggers — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 03:30:47 +0000

Mayor Nickleneck wants to put in $270 million dollars just for bike paths..What a waste of money.

By: Radley

Radley — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:17:32 +0000

And one that does TAKE AWAY needed crosswalks. I nearly got mowed down on my way to and from Luna Park Cafe this morning.

By: chas redmond

chas redmond — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:52:35 +0000

It’s a start. It still puts cyclists at risk since the motorist education program hasn’t started yet. It’s equivalent, though, to allowing pedestrians to walk in the road when there’s no sidewalk. Many would call this a half-a** attempt to gain bike-city status. A better solution, of course, would be for the city to actually spend real money and develop a real bike network. How many miles of roadway in Seattle. That’s a real network for cars. How about a real network for bikes. And speaking of pedestrians – isn’t 33 percent of the city without sidewalks. How about a real network for pedestrians, too.