Rules, laws, safety , motorists, cyclists and pedestrains


Two good articles by Richard Layman:

Safe bicycling and the right kind of infrastructure

"So this leads into the second problem with the laws being written to treat bicycles as co-equal traffic--the fact is that street infrastructure is optimized for motor vehicles, not bicyclists, and by its very nature, road design focused on motor vehicles tends to fail to provide adequately for bicyclists.

So bicyclists are expected to behave as motor vehicles, when both the laws and the infrastructure privileges motor vehicle traffic at the expense of the bicyclist."
<a href="http://urbanplacesandspaces.blogspot.com/2010/11/safe-bicycling-and-right-kind-of.html">http://urbanplacesandspaces.blogspot.com/2010/11/safe-bicycling-and-right-kind-of.html</a>;


Shared use paths (trails) and safety and marketing

&quot;This is something that bugs me to no end about DC's new Metropolitan Branch Trail. No rules are posted,...&quot;
<a href="http://urbanplacesandspaces.blogspot.com/2010/11/shared-use-paths-trails-and-safety-and.html">http://urbanplacesandspaces.blogspot.com/2010/11/shared-use-paths-trails-and-safety-and.html</a>;

by B' Spokes

Like most people I live a hectic life and who has the time for much exercise? Thanks to xtracycle now I do. By using my bike for daily activities I can get things done and get an hour plus work out in 15 minutes extra of my time, not a bad deal and beats taking the extra time going to the gym. In case you are still having trouble being motivated; the National Center of Disease Control says that inactivity is the #2 killer in the United States just behind smoking. ( http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/bb_nutrition/ ) Get out there and start living life! I can carry home a full shopping cart of groceries, car pool two kids or just get lost in the great outdoors camping for a week. Well I got go, another outing this weekend.
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