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In article <cbZH02UI11Ka01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> rct20@napali.iag writes:
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>loren@netcom.com writes:
>>When completed it [the 87 corridor] will have Light Rail down
>>the median, a bicycle path along most of its length....
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>Am I the only one who will *never* use a bike lane on a freeway?
>When I bike to work, I always take the quiet residential streets
>rather than risk my life and lungs on a busy freeway with a bike lane.
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>I think we should put bike paths along all rivers/creeks.  Guadalupe,
>Calabasaz, etc. should have bike paths as nice as Los Gatos Creek Park.

I would never, repeat NEVER consider using a bike lane on a freeway unless it were
elevated a la the freeway-train proposals  which have been floated around.

I was riding a bike on the shoulder of the Amboy road about 30 miles out of 29 Palms
last Christmas Eve when an 18-wheel truck came up from behind. As eeveryone there
thought, I was lucky to survive.

This wasn't a freeway, it was just the only road connecting 29 Palms with the 
eastern half of the Mojave desert - and I still got crunched.

I'd rather not take that risk on a more dangerous road.

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And as for bike lanes along rivers - yes in developed areas, **absolutely not**  in
undeveloped areas where the rivers are still to some degree untouched.