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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If bikers were really interested in traffic safety they would take public transportation. Same could be said of Car drivers, but most of them don't care. The bikers claim they do. So they could make this thing a whole lot easier if they simply took the metro to work.[/quote]

I disagree with this.  If you don’t live super close to a metro or bus stop you need to walk, bike or drive to the metro or bus stop. Same thing on the destination end.  It’s called the first mile / last mile problem and is one reason public transportation isn’t more popular.  I often bike to my metro stop.  If l had to walk 20 minutes each way, that takes too much time out of my day and I’d probably drive instead.  That doesn’t mean l don’t care about safety.  I’m a busy working parent of school aged kids and l really don’t have extra time in my day.

But, l don’t need a bike lane, I’m plenty comfortable sharing the road with cars and don’t feel unsafe.  That being said l don’t use Connecticut, just local streets and the very wide sidewalk when l get to Wisconsin. [/quote]

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