if i ruled the world there would safe bike lanes on every street. instead this fall i crashed my bike in an unsafe bike lane in seattle.*** (that elbow bone is supposed to be in 1 piece)
safe bike lanes good for: traffic, the environment, health and... me... man i love my bike.
anyway, bike traffic regulation is a very local issue (i wish it weren't.) so below i wanted to remind the locals of a few things:
the law in seattle is:
Section 11.53.190 DRIVING IN A BICYCLE LANE. The operator of a motor vehicle shall not drive in a bicycle lane except to execute a turning maneuver, yielding to all persons riding bicycles thereon.
no one violates that right?
a good place for bike advocacy is:
cascade club
AND ***if you know someone that crashed near the B-G between Fred Meyer to 17th NW in ballard please please please send them this site to advocate
well, until there are bike lanes... there are light lanes... maybe
anyone else have good bike lane links to share?
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you seattle-ites will move back to new york soon. you all KNOW it.
so, here are all the new york bike lanes so that you can prepare your bike trips along with your imminent move back to this improved coast.
i mean, if barack made the move, you can, too.
http://www.nycbikemaps.com/
Here's the latest that bicycle advocates in DC are pushing for, in addition to more bike lanes, since some cyclists here have gotten killed by trucks in the last few years:
1) A requirement that blind spot mirrors be installed on all DC owned heavy duty vehicles
2) New bicyclist and pedestrian awareness training for DC heavy vehicle operators
3) A new law requiring that motorists give three feet of space when passing cyclists
4) A fine for the use of restricted lanes (bus/bike lanes or bike lanes) by unauthorized vehicles
there isn't already a fine? (those sound really good btw.)
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