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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Truly trying to understand. My commute involves about a half mile walk in Capitol Hill. I’m amazed at the number of folks barreling down the sidewalk on bikes, next to a bike line. I’m assuming bike riders push for bike lines & then ignore them? I don’t get it. [/quote]

1.  Sometimes the bike lane is dangerous because its next to parked cars, and there is a danger from dooring.

2. Sometimes the bike lane has a direction, and the person needs to go in the other direction. Or they are going to or from a location on that block, and they need to ride the sidewalk to get to the corner (rather than try to squeeze between parked cars)

3. Some people, esp kids,  some new immigrants, some people who have biked since the bad old days when there were no bike lanes, are really afraid of cars, and will not ride in the road even when there is a bike lane.  Especially if the only thing protecting the bike lane from cars is paint.

To be clear, I push for bike lanes. And I ride in them all the time.  But the other day I was almost doored in one. I also often have to ride  a sidewalk to get the last half block to my specific location. [/quote]

I'm going to start driving on the sidewalk because I'm scared of the car lanes[/quote]

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