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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I still stand by my original statement.  Keep bikes off of roads that have speed limits over 25 MPH and all the issues go away.

I think everyone can agree a bike on an arterial road is dangerous (mostly for themselves) and there is no way they can keep up with traffic

When DC designs bike paths (not separate bike lanes but where people use the road) they purposely keep them off main streets which makes sense

The things that ticks me off most in DC is people on bikes using roads when there are bike lanes/bike routes less than 1-2 blocks over.  Examples H street Conn/Mass ave etc any street in downtown DC when there is a bikelane street close by etc.  There are plenty of bikepaths use them bikers.

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1. There are places where there is no good route that avoids a 35MPH road.

2. In fact those can be relatively safe for a fast cyclist, especially when they are multiple lanes, so there is another lane for easy passing (at congested times when the other lane is njot an easy option, they are not going at 35MPH anyway)

3. At some point it is worth asking if 35MPH arterials even make sense in urban areas - they create problems for pedestrians at crosswalks, not only for people on bikes.

4. By bike path that is not a bike lane, I presume you mean a sharrows?  Sure, inexperienced riders do not belong on 35MPH without bike lanes.  But some riders are faster and more experienced

5. Cyclists, like everyone else, prefer to go directly to their destination. Occasionally someone is not even aware of an alternate route, because of poor signage.   And sometimes the alternate route has problems only known to people who actually ride bikes.[/quote]

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