07-11-2015, 11:22 AM
(07-11-2015, 09:40 AM)chutten Wrote: I thought problems concerning transportation were all of our problems.Absolutely, they are.
My point is that cyclists who feel so scared by cars whizzing by them from behind at 60 (or more) km/hr that they switch to sidewalks should think about:
1. How pedestrians feel when cyclists whiz by them from behind at 20 (or more) km/hr.
2. What options that leaves for pedestrians who feel they're being scared off their sidewalks.
3. That cycling on bike lanes (and on roads) is considered a legal activity. Cycling on sidewalks is not.
As a pedestrian I'm open to discussion about how we can share scarce transportation infrastructure and make it safer for us all to get where we need to go.
My objection is to the attitude of some cyclists that because they feel unsafe on the infrastructure that's intended for them that that somehow gives them any legal or moral "right" to use sidewalks. It doesn't.