Re: Bikes (was Re: GUN CONTROL)

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From: Donald L. Nash
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 1994 20:02

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In article <3a8a9f$pvg@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>, ben@utig.ig.utexas.edu wrote:

>It sounds here as if you are advocating restricting bikers to bike lanes
>because you don't want them in car lanes since it delays your commute
>to the office too much.  Bike lanes aren't just a restriction, they're
>practially a death sentence in most urban implementations, as discussed
>previously.

I don't view bike lanes as a restriction any more than I view bus lanes or
car pool lanes or left turn lanes as restrictions.  They are
special-purpose lanes for vehicles with certain needs.  However, given
Andrew Laska's recent note to which you are referring (I don't think the
words "death sentence" were used in that note), I'm willing to retract
that advocation.  I was not aware that bike lanes were statistically more
dangerous than having bikes in the car lanes.

                                ++Don Nash

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