Bikes lanes poorly designed - unsafe for drivers and bikers

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Anonymous wrote:I would love for just one cyclist to stop at red lights when pedestrians are in a crosswalk that crosses a bike lane. The cars on the other side of the flex posts seem to be able to stop at this light almost all the time. I've seen just one car driver run the light in 20 years when I've been crossing. The cyclists act like the light and the pedestrians don't even exist. The intersection was safer for pedestrians before they put the bike lanes in 10 or so years ago.

lol. is there an epidemic of pedestrians being killed by bikes?

It’s not OK to hit people with your bike even if you don’t kill them, FYI.

Nobody has said otherwise.

Similarly, it's not ok to hit people with your car even if you don't kill them, FYI.

I don’t drive. I walk. Trust me the greatest menace on my commute is cyclists.

NP but you’re either an idiot or a liar.

Or lives downtown.

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Anonymous wrote:I would love for just one cyclist to stop at red lights when pedestrians are in a crosswalk that crosses a bike lane. The cars on the other side of the flex posts seem to be able to stop at this light almost all the time. I've seen just one car driver run the light in 20 years when I've been crossing. The cyclists act like the light and the pedestrians don't even exist. The intersection was safer for pedestrians before they put the bike lanes in 10 or so years ago.

lol. is there an epidemic of pedestrians being killed by bikes?

It’s not OK to hit people with your bike even if you don’t kill them, FYI.

Nobody has said otherwise.

Similarly, it's not ok to hit people with your car even if you don't kill them, FYI.

I don’t drive. I walk. Trust me the greatest menace on my commute is cyclists.

NP but you’re either an idiot or a liar.

OP but my commute is on a mixed use trail and across a street with a protected bike lane.

Have you been hit? Or is this a case of facts getting in the way of feelings?

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Anonymous wrote:I would love for just one cyclist to stop at red lights when pedestrians are in a crosswalk that crosses a bike lane. The cars on the other side of the flex posts seem to be able to stop at this light almost all the time. I've seen just one car driver run the light in 20 years when I've been crossing. The cyclists act like the light and the pedestrians don't even exist. The intersection was safer for pedestrians before they put the bike lanes in 10 or so years ago.

lol. is there an epidemic of pedestrians being killed by bikes?

It’s not OK to hit people with your bike even if you don’t kill them, FYI.

Nobody has said otherwise.

Similarly, it's not ok to hit people with your car even if you don't kill them, FYI.

I don’t drive. I walk. Trust me the greatest menace on my commute is cyclists.

NP but you’re either an idiot or a liar.

OP but my commute is on a mixed use trail and across a street with a protected bike lane.

Have you been hit? Or is this a case of facts getting in the way of feelings?

We should wait for someone to get hit before addressing dangerous people?

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Anonymous wrote:I would love for just one cyclist to stop at red lights when pedestrians are in a crosswalk that crosses a bike lane. The cars on the other side of the flex posts seem to be able to stop at this light almost all the time. I've seen just one car driver run the light in 20 years when I've been crossing. The cyclists act like the light and the pedestrians don't even exist. The intersection was safer for pedestrians before they put the bike lanes in 10 or so years ago.

lol. is there an epidemic of pedestrians being killed by bikes?

It’s not OK to hit people with your bike even if you don’t kill them, FYI.

Nobody has said otherwise.

Similarly, it's not ok to hit people with your car even if you don't kill them, FYI.

I don’t drive. I walk. Trust me the greatest menace on my commute is cyclists.

Do you commute to work entirely on a shared-use path with no road crossings? If so, that's very, very, very unusual. It would be great if it weren't, but it is.

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Anonymous wrote:I would love for just one cyclist to stop at red lights when pedestrians are in a crosswalk that crosses a bike lane. The cars on the other side of the flex posts seem to be able to stop at this light almost all the time. I've seen just one car driver run the light in 20 years when I've been crossing. The cyclists act like the light and the pedestrians don't even exist. The intersection was safer for pedestrians before they put the bike lanes in 10 or so years ago.

lol. is there an epidemic of pedestrians being killed by bikes?

It’s not OK to hit people with your bike even if you don’t kill them, FYI.

Nobody has said otherwise.

Similarly, it's not ok to hit people with your car even if you don't kill them, FYI.

I don’t drive. I walk. Trust me the greatest menace on my commute is cyclists.

Do you commute to work entirely on a shared-use path with no road crossings? If so, that's very, very, very unusual. It would be great if it weren't, but it is.

This is like a rabbit who lives in a house saying their greatest menace is their owner forgetting to trim its nails. Where, if the rabbit ever stepped outside its house there would be 100's of different types of animals/objects that would threaten its life in an instant.

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Anonymous wrote:I would love for just one cyclist to stop at red lights when pedestrians are in a crosswalk that crosses a bike lane. The cars on the other side of the flex posts seem to be able to stop at this light almost all the time. I've seen just one car driver run the light in 20 years when I've been crossing. The cyclists act like the light and the pedestrians don't even exist. The intersection was safer for pedestrians before they put the bike lanes in 10 or so years ago.

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Anonymous wrote:I would love for just one cyclist to stop at red lights when pedestrians are in a crosswalk that crosses a bike lane. The cars on the other side of the flex posts seem to be able to stop at this light almost all the time. I've seen just one car driver run the light in 20 years when I've been crossing. The cyclists act like the light and the pedestrians don't even exist. The intersection was safer for pedestrians before they put the bike lanes in 10 or so years ago.

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Anonymous wrote:I would love for just one cyclist to stop at red lights when pedestrians are in a crosswalk that crosses a bike lane. The cars on the other side of the flex posts seem to be able to stop at this light almost all the time. I've seen just one car driver run the light in 20 years when I've been crossing. The cyclists act like the light and the pedestrians don't even exist. The intersection was safer for pedestrians before they put the bike lanes in 10 or so years ago.

lol. is there an epidemic of pedestrians being killed by bikes?

It’s not OK to hit people with your bike even if you don’t kill them, FYI.

Nobody has said otherwise.

Similarly, it's not ok to hit people with your car even if you don't kill them, FYI.

I don’t drive. I walk. Trust me the greatest menace on my commute is cyclists.

NP but you’re either an idiot or a liar.

OP but my commute is on a mixed use trail and across a street with a protected bike lane.

Have you been hit? Or is this a case of facts getting in the way of feelings?

We should wait for someone to get hit before addressing dangerous people?

So, a cyclist has not been responsible for hitting you? Just making sure that's the case.

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Anonymous wrote:I would love for just one cyclist to stop at red lights when pedestrians are in a crosswalk that crosses a bike lane. The cars on the other side of the flex posts seem to be able to stop at this light almost all the time. I've seen just one car driver run the light in 20 years when I've been crossing. The cyclists act like the light and the pedestrians don't even exist. The intersection was safer for pedestrians before they put the bike lanes in 10 or so years ago.

lol. is there an epidemic of pedestrians being killed by bikes?

It’s not OK to hit people with your bike even if you don’t kill them, FYI.

Nobody has said otherwise.

Similarly, it's not ok to hit people with your car even if you don't kill them, FYI.

I don’t drive. I walk. Trust me the greatest menace on my commute is cyclists.

NP but you’re either an idiot or a liar.

OP but my commute is on a mixed use trail and across a street with a protected bike lane.

Have you been hit? Or is this a case of facts getting in the way of feelings?

We should wait for someone to get hit before addressing dangerous people?

So, a cyclist has not been responsible for hitting you? Just making sure that's the case.

I've been clipped a couple times. The last time ripped my bag. Nothing serious so far. The near misses are also pretty unpleasant as I get screamed at for walking too slowly or daring to use the crosswalk when I have a walk sign.

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Anonymous wrote:I would love for just one cyclist to stop at red lights when pedestrians are in a crosswalk that crosses a bike lane. The cars on the other side of the flex posts seem to be able to stop at this light almost all the time. I've seen just one car driver run the light in 20 years when I've been crossing. The cyclists act like the light and the pedestrians don't even exist. The intersection was safer for pedestrians before they put the bike lanes in 10 or so years ago.

lol. is there an epidemic of pedestrians being killed by bikes?

It’s not OK to hit people with your bike even if you don’t kill them, FYI.

Nobody has said otherwise.

Similarly, it's not ok to hit people with your car even if you don't kill them, FYI.

I don’t drive. I walk. Trust me the greatest menace on my commute is cyclists.

NP but you’re either an idiot or a liar.

OP but my commute is on a mixed use trail and across a street with a protected bike lane.

Have you been hit? Or is this a case of facts getting in the way of feelings?

We should wait for someone to get hit before addressing dangerous people?

So, a cyclist has not been responsible for hitting you? Just making sure that's the case.

I've been clipped a couple times. The last time ripped my bag. Nothing serious so far. The near misses are also pretty unpleasant as I get screamed at for walking too slowly or daring to use the crosswalk when I have a walk sign.

Well then you should be super supportive of protected bike lanes so you don't have to share space with them

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Anonymous wrote:I would love for just one cyclist to stop at red lights when pedestrians are in a crosswalk that crosses a bike lane. The cars on the other side of the flex posts seem to be able to stop at this light almost all the time. I've seen just one car driver run the light in 20 years when I've been crossing. The cyclists act like the light and the pedestrians don't even exist. The intersection was safer for pedestrians before they put the bike lanes in 10 or so years ago.

lol. is there an epidemic of pedestrians being killed by bikes?

It’s not OK to hit people with your bike even if you don’t kill them, FYI.

Nobody has said otherwise.

Similarly, it's not ok to hit people with your car even if you don't kill them, FYI.

I don’t drive. I walk. Trust me the greatest menace on my commute is cyclists.

NP but you’re either an idiot or a liar.

OP but my commute is on a mixed use trail and across a street with a protected bike lane.

Have you been hit? Or is this a case of facts getting in the way of feelings?

We should wait for someone to get hit before addressing dangerous people?

So, a cyclist has not been responsible for hitting you? Just making sure that's the case.

I've been clipped a couple times. The last time ripped my bag. Nothing serious so far. The near misses are also pretty unpleasant as I get screamed at for walking too slowly or daring to use the crosswalk when I have a walk sign.

Well then you should be super supportive of protected bike lanes so you don't have to share space with them

I'm pretty sure the cyclists won't get off the shared use path because it's a nice path.

The other problem is where the bike lanes and crosswalks intersect. The bike lanes seem to create a feeling of invincibility so the cyclists don't pay attention to other people. I get that you're working hard and the adrenaline is flowing but if you can't act like a normal person while you're riding then you're the problem.

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Anonymous wrote:I would love for just one cyclist to stop at red lights when pedestrians are in a crosswalk that crosses a bike lane. The cars on the other side of the flex posts seem to be able to stop at this light almost all the time. I've seen just one car driver run the light in 20 years when I've been crossing. The cyclists act like the light and the pedestrians don't even exist. The intersection was safer for pedestrians before they put the bike lanes in 10 or so years ago.

lol. is there an epidemic of pedestrians being killed by bikes?

It’s not OK to hit people with your bike even if you don’t kill them, FYI.

Nobody has said otherwise.

Similarly, it's not ok to hit people with your car even if you don't kill them, FYI.

I don’t drive. I walk. Trust me the greatest menace on my commute is cyclists.

NP but you’re either an idiot or a liar.

OP but my commute is on a mixed use trail and across a street with a protected bike lane.

Have you been hit? Or is this a case of facts getting in the way of feelings?

We should wait for someone to get hit before addressing dangerous people?

So, a cyclist has not been responsible for hitting you? Just making sure that's the case.

I've been clipped a couple times. The last time ripped my bag. Nothing serious so far. The near misses are also pretty unpleasant as I get screamed at for walking too slowly or daring to use the crosswalk when I have a walk sign.

Well then you should be super supportive of protected bike lanes so you don't have to share space with them

I'm pretty sure the cyclists won't get off the shared use path because it's a nice path.

The other problem is where the bike lanes and crosswalks intersect. The bike lanes seem to create a feeling of invincibility so the cyclists don't pay attention to other people. I get that you're working hard and the adrenaline is flowing but if you can't act like a normal person while you're riding then you're the problem.

How about where roads and crosswalks interact? The roads seem to create a feeling of invincibility so the drivers don't pay attention to other people. I get that you're sitting in a multi-ton vehicle that can go at a high speed but if you can't act like a normal person while you're driving then you're the problem.

Also, why would the "adrenaline be flowing"? When I'm on a bike, the only time the adrenaline is flowing is when a driver comes close to hitting me.

Or, for that matter, why do you assume that the people on bicycles are working hard? Are your home-work-home trips steeply uphill both ways?

Shared-use paths are bad for pedestrians and bad for bicyclists. They're only good for drivers (get those non-cars out of my way, roads are for cars!!!) and departments of transportation (who get to double-count the shared-use paths as a pedestrian infrastructure and bicyclist infrastructure).

[Anonymous]

^^^Just yesterday around 4:30 pm, while I was driving in suburban Maryland, I saw a middle-aged man wearing black pants and a white double-breasted chef's jacket, with something in a plastic bag strapped to a rack over the rear wheel, bicycling slowly on the sidewalk next to a six-lane road.

And I thought to myself, "Aha! Obviously a member of the bicycle lobby indulging in his hobby of disguising himself as a low-wage service worker going to work!" (No, that's sarcasm, I didn't actually think that.)

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Anonymous wrote:I would love for just one cyclist to stop at red lights when pedestrians are in a crosswalk that crosses a bike lane. The cars on the other side of the flex posts seem to be able to stop at this light almost all the time. I've seen just one car driver run the light in 20 years when I've been crossing. The cyclists act like the light and the pedestrians don't even exist. The intersection was safer for pedestrians before they put the bike lanes in 10 or so years ago.

lol. is there an epidemic of pedestrians being killed by bikes?

It’s not OK to hit people with your bike even if you don’t kill them, FYI.

Nobody has said otherwise.

Similarly, it's not ok to hit people with your car even if you don't kill them, FYI.

I don’t drive. I walk. Trust me the greatest menace on my commute is cyclists.

NP but you’re either an idiot or a liar.

OP but my commute is on a mixed use trail and across a street with a protected bike lane.

Have you been hit? Or is this a case of facts getting in the way of feelings?

We should wait for someone to get hit before addressing dangerous people?

So, a cyclist has not been responsible for hitting you? Just making sure that's the case.

I've been clipped a couple times. The last time ripped my bag. Nothing serious so far. The near misses are also pretty unpleasant as I get screamed at for walking too slowly or daring to use the crosswalk when I have a walk sign.

Well then you should be super supportive of protected bike lanes so you don't have to share space with them

I'm pretty sure the cyclists won't get off the shared use path because it's a nice path.

The other problem is where the bike lanes and crosswalks intersect. The bike lanes seem to create a feeling of invincibility so the cyclists don't pay attention to other people. I get that you're working hard and the adrenaline is flowing but if you can't act like a normal person while you're riding then you're the problem.

How about where roads and crosswalks interact? The roads seem to create a feeling of invincibility so the drivers don't pay attention to other people.

I’m a pedestrian. Why do you keep deflecting to cars to exude your own bad behavior?

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Anonymous wrote:I would love for just one cyclist to stop at red lights when pedestrians are in a crosswalk that crosses a bike lane. The cars on the other side of the flex posts seem to be able to stop at this light almost all the time. I've seen just one car driver run the light in 20 years when I've been crossing. The cyclists act like the light and the pedestrians don't even exist. The intersection was safer for pedestrians before they put the bike lanes in 10 or so years ago.

lol. is there an epidemic of pedestrians being killed by bikes?

It’s not OK to hit people with your bike even if you don’t kill them, FYI.

Nobody has said otherwise.

Similarly, it's not ok to hit people with your car even if you don't kill them, FYI.

I don’t drive. I walk. Trust me the greatest menace on my commute is cyclists.

NP but you’re either an idiot or a liar.

OP but my commute is on a mixed use trail and across a street with a protected bike lane.

Have you been hit? Or is this a case of facts getting in the way of feelings?

We should wait for someone to get hit before addressing dangerous people?

So, a cyclist has not been responsible for hitting you? Just making sure that's the case.

I've been clipped a couple times. The last time ripped my bag. Nothing serious so far. The near misses are also pretty unpleasant as I get screamed at for walking too slowly or daring to use the crosswalk when I have a walk sign.

Well then you should be super supportive of protected bike lanes so you don't have to share space with them

I'm pretty sure the cyclists won't get off the shared use path because it's a nice path.

The other problem is where the bike lanes and crosswalks intersect. The bike lanes seem to create a feeling of invincibility so the cyclists don't pay attention to other people. I get that you're working hard and the adrenaline is flowing but if you can't act like a normal person while you're riding then you're the problem.

How about where roads and crosswalks interact? The roads seem to create a feeling of invincibility so the drivers don't pay attention to other people.

I’m a pedestrian. Why do you keep deflecting to cars to exude your own bad behavior?

Whose bad behavior are you talking about?

Why do you believe that you are more in danger from people on bicycles than from people in cars? If you had to be hit by somebody, would you rather be hit by someone on a bicycle or by someone in a car? Would you rather share the shared-use path with people on bicycles or with people in cars?