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"Adam Weiss" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Lou Minatti wrote:
> > [email protected] (J Young) wrote in message
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> >
> >>This subject has been broached before and must be addressed again. The
> >>greatest hazard posed to the traveling public are bicycle riders. All
> >>the environmental advantages presented by bicyclists are nullified by
> >>the reckless abandon in which they travel. Traffic laws are ignored;
> >>courtesy being an afterthought. Our elderly citizens take their lives
> >>in their hands every time they venture downtown. Bicycles should be
> >>restricted to parks within the city limits.
> >
> >
> > Bicyclists enjoy the same rights as motorists. The problem is the city
> > and county have done a lousy job of providing shoulders and sidewalks.
>
> The idea in Houston is to cram more lanes on the same amount of
> pavement. Shoulders are eliminated. Lanes narrowed. It sometimes
> feels like the engineers laying out our roads don't actually use them.
>
> The situation for bicyclists and drivers alike is getting worse. And
> worse even is the fact that there is no hope for it getting better.
> There is no unified vision for Houston's roads and transit system -
> thanks to the five separate departments in charge of it.
>
news:[email protected]...
> Lou Minatti wrote:
> > [email protected] (J Young) wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> >
> >>This subject has been broached before and must be addressed again. The
> >>greatest hazard posed to the traveling public are bicycle riders. All
> >>the environmental advantages presented by bicyclists are nullified by
> >>the reckless abandon in which they travel. Traffic laws are ignored;
> >>courtesy being an afterthought. Our elderly citizens take their lives
> >>in their hands every time they venture downtown. Bicycles should be
> >>restricted to parks within the city limits.
> >
> >
> > Bicyclists enjoy the same rights as motorists. The problem is the city
> > and county have done a lousy job of providing shoulders and sidewalks.
>
> The idea in Houston is to cram more lanes on the same amount of
> pavement. Shoulders are eliminated. Lanes narrowed. It sometimes
> feels like the engineers laying out our roads don't actually use them.
>
> The situation for bicyclists and drivers alike is getting worse. And
> worse even is the fact that there is no hope for it getting better.
> There is no unified vision for Houston's roads and transit system -
> thanks to the five separate departments in charge of it.
>