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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So bikes don't belong in the category of everyone-except-cars? I see people biking on side paths and they don't seem to have a problem.[/quote]

Yes, of course bicycles belong in the category of everyone-except-cars. That category is the problem. Like, here's lots of space for drivers, and over there is a narrow space for [i]everyone else[/i] to try to share. It's not comfortable walking on a "sidepath" where lots of people are bicycling, and it's not comfortable bicycling on a "sidepath" where lots of people are walking. The only group that "sidepaths" really work for is drivers.[/quote]Just tell the truth-bikers don't like the paths because the peds slow them down so they bike on the road and slow down the cars. Got it. It has nothing to do with comfort level.  It's just that common it's-all-about-me biker mentality. [/quote]

Yes, you're right, one of the reasons I don't like bicycling on the sidewalk is that, even when I'm bicycling slowly (like 10 mph, which is a slow running pace), I'm still bicycling fast enough to make pedestrians uncomfortable. (Another reason I don't like bicycling on the sidewalk is that, on slower roads, it's less safe for me than bicycling in the road.)

In contrast, when I'm bicycling in the road, I'm not making drivers uncomfortable, though I may be annoying some drivers who don't understand that what's really slowing them down is other cars.

Regardless, the solution to both issues is bicycle infrastructure.[/quote]Other cars are able to maintain the speed limit. Bikers are not. You are not very bright.[/quote]

When there are more cars than the road can handle, then no, cars cannot maintain the speed limit. YOU are not very bright.[/quote]

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