Nearly every time I¹m out on my bike or in my car I see bicyclists riding on the wrong side of the street maybe not on University Avenue, but lots of other places.
I even saw an employee from Dream Bikes coming at me when I was in the bike lane on the right side of the Beltline frontage road near the Dream Bikes store. That guy should know better and should be giving a good example, not a poor one. When he saw me coming, he turned around and went back to Dream Bikes. I did stop in to Dream Bikes to razz him for doing that stupid thing. The other day, when in my car in my neighborhood, I also pointed to the right side of the street when a biker was coming at me on the wrong side of the street. I¹m happy to say that he, too, moved to the right side. I think it¹s time for some public service billboards all over town that tell and show everyone on a bike that they need to ride with traffic, not against. Bike cops ought to be pulling these people over and writing tickets. I believe all of us need to take some action when we see this kind of behavior as well. Mary Mullen On 9/12/13 9:51 AM, "Troy Thiel" <[email protected]> wrote: > thanks all for volunteering..I hope I can help when next needed...I've been > thinking about writing a blog about simple violations from all users on my way > to work/around town/etc...some reallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly > ridiculous behavior at morning "rush" hour..from cars AND bikes > alike...personal favorites (NOT) 7 cars running red lights with FULL ON > pedestrian vehicle activity on the right of way...yeah you in the grey Rav 4 > with plates that begin with UAA...you almost killed two students to get to > that next red light faster....and you in the Grey (must be a theme) skateboard > helmet who road full speed ACROSS A STREET that has bikes and cars with you > having the yield on the East path...then yelling at THEM to get our of your > way....c'mon people...you live in a community with other people doing things > and you have to share the space...there's a few dozen more violations..but > those stick out the most...I could write this everyday..as could we all...and > that ain't that cool. > > Troy Thiel > > > > > > > From: "STRAWSER, Charles" <[email protected]> > To: fortkendall tds.net <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 8:26 AM > Subject: Re: [Bikies] Fwd: Where are not more crashes at University and Park? > > > > This is very interesting data. Thanks for sharing. > Could you be more specific about how long the period of time was in which you > counted 1394 cyclists and 3260 pedestrian crossings? > Thanks, > > > Chuck Strawser > Pedestrian & Bicycle Transportation Planner > Commuter Solutions > Transportation Services > UW-Madison > Room 124 WARF > 610 Walnut St > Madison WI 53726 > 608-263-2969 > www.wisc.edu/trans > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of fortkendall tds.net > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 9:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Bikies] Fwd: Where are not more crashes at University and Park? > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Schimpff, Jeff A - DNR <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 5:01 PM > Subject: RE: [Bikies] Where are not more crashes at University and Park? > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > Robbie Webber <[email protected]>; Bikies <[email protected]> > > Being a late volunteer for the bike-ped count, I was assigned to the ³Gulag² > site at Park and University that was abandoned at the last minute by two other > would-be volunteers. > > Placing myself upwind and ten feet above most of the machines that formed a > major portion of the transportation mash-up here, it was in most ways very > enjoyable to witness this cavalcade of youthful and in cases erudite optimism, > energy and everything else streaming by on the sidewalks and bike lanes. > > Despite some occasional honking, impatience, wrong-way pedaling, and other > bursts of chaos, the only near-accident occurred when one cyclist swerved > abruptly in front of another in the counter-flow lane, to cross north on Park. > > In the same period that Robbie would have been able to have a personal > conversation with every cyclist who came by, at the Park & U intersection > during that same two-hour period, there were approximately: > > 1,394 bicyclists > > 3,260 pedestrian crossings (people who made 90 degree crossings were counted > twice there was no way to keep track of that) > > 21 skate boarders > > Zero dog walkers > > The sad part was the creeping motor traffic along University for the first > hour and 15 minutes or so, wherein very few personal autos contained more than > one person, and the persons in those autos vastly outnumbered the cyclists and > pedestrians. Cycling was the far superior way to go at that time, as most > people on the list know. > > A little later that evening, one of our local TV news station reporters > referred to an increase in gasoline prices over the past two weeks of 6 cents > per gallon in terms of ³pain at the pump.² Obviously, most people in Dane > County are pumped full of anesthetic > > >
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