Are bikes allowed to go through red lights on major roads?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bikes are allowed in bus lanes in D.C., so I don’t understand why you think there’s any actual conflict between bus lanes and bike lanes.

You're right, there are actually no dedicated bus lanes in D.C. There are dedicated bike lanes, there are lanes where buses have to share the road with cars and bikes, and there are lanes where buses have to share the road with bikes. But the fact that buses can't even get their own lanes because they're forced to share them with bikes just shows how the city is willing to make a larger, poorer group of commuters sacrifice for a smaller, wealthier one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bikes are allowed in bus lanes in D.C., so I don’t understand why you think there’s any actual conflict between bus lanes and bike lanes.

You're right, there are actually no dedicated bus lanes in D.C. There are dedicated bike lanes, there are lanes where buses have to share the road with cars and bikes, and there are lanes where buses have to share the road with bikes. But the fact that buses can't even get their own lanes because they're forced to share them with bikes just shows how the city is willing to make a larger, poorer group of commuters sacrifice for a smaller, wealthier one.

This post is just flat-out bonkers. What slows down buses? Cars. Not bikes. Cars.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, bikes going a fraction of the speed of buses don't slow down buses. And pedestrians going a fraction the speed of bikes must not slow them down either; I'm sure you have no problem with people walking in bike lanes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, bikes going a fraction of the speed of buses don't slow down buses. And pedestrians going a fraction the speed of bikes must not slow them down either; I'm sure you have no problem with people walking in bike lanes?

Evidently you are someone who neither rides a bike nor rides a bus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bikes are allowed in bus lanes in D.C., so I don’t understand why you think there’s any actual conflict between bus lanes and bike lanes.

You're right, there are actually no dedicated bus lanes in D.C. There are dedicated bike lanes, there are lanes where buses have to share the road with cars and bikes, and there are lanes where buses have to share the road with bikes. But the fact that buses can't even get their own lanes because they're forced to share them with bikes just shows how the city is willing to make a larger, poorer group of commuters sacrifice for a smaller, wealthier one.

This post is just flat-out bonkers. What slows down buses? Cars. Not bikes. Cars.

don’t you get it? the bike lobby is conspiring to bring down the buses 😂

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, bikes going a fraction of the speed of buses don't slow down buses. And pedestrians going a fraction the speed of bikes must not slow them down either; I'm sure you have no problem with people walking in bike lanes?

This is some class a dumb shit. The bus lanes are big enough that a bus can literally drive right by a cyclist while they are both in them. Idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bikes are allowed in bus lanes in D.C., so I don’t understand why you think there’s any actual conflict between bus lanes and bike lanes.

You're right, there are actually no dedicated bus lanes in D.C. There are dedicated bike lanes, there are lanes where buses have to share the road with cars and bikes, and there are lanes where buses have to share the road with bikes. But the fact that buses can't even get their own lanes because they're forced to share them with bikes just shows how the city is willing to make a larger, poorer group of commuters sacrifice for a smaller, wealthier one.

So you think buses just sit behind bikes as long as the bike is in the road, they never pass the bikes, the bikes never pull over to one side of the lane and allow the bus to go by, there’s never a traffic light where they can shift places, etc. I’m so glad you’ve got an active imagination! Perhaps you could put it to use figuring out how to solve our actual road-sharing problems instead of trying to come up with new ones that don’t exist.