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I've never taken the WABA class, but I'd absolutely expect that it spends a fair amount of time on staying safe and visible in intersections.  Their rule #6 is don't bike on sidewalks, so I assume this refers in part to the risks of biking across crosswalks.

http://www.waba.org/blog/2013/07/women-bicycles-tip-12-must-knows-of-urban-bicycling/

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Why would you assume that "Don't bike on sidewalks" includes "Walk your bicycle across the street"?[/quote]

:roll: serious question - do you bike in cities?  this isn't some kind of philosophical debate or language game.  [/quote]

If everybody knows that you're supposed to walk your bicycle across the street, and all of the bicycling organizations tell you to walk your bicycle across the street, then it should be easy to find a link or two from a bicycling organization or advocacy group that tells you to walk your bicycle across the street. And yet nobody has done that on this thread yet. Why not?[/quote]

Again, do you think this is some kind of college dorm room debate?

The cornerstone of safe biking is staying visible to cars and not getting yourself in a position where they'll run over you.

The issue with crosswalks comes up mainly in the context of sidewalk biking, for which I provided extensive links.

But I'll explain it again:  when a bike (or scooter or other vehicle) comes off the sidewalk into the intersection (i.e., in a crosswalk) it is not visible to cars, because cars may not be able to see and don't expect to see something traveling at the speed of a bike in the crosswalk, and do not have time to stop.  This applies equally to a bike path like in the video.  Additionally, there are parked cars and trees and other obstacles that can make it hard for both bikers and car to see each other from the sidewalk.  Thus, the advice is to either get off your bike and walk it across the crosswalk, or proceed VERY carefully and slowly if you are SURE that there are no cars approaching in any direction.  [/quote]

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