[Mpls] Hennepin bike lanes

[Allen]

I agree.  More enforcement would be nice.  There may be some enforcement of
this already.  I suspect with the beefed up traffic unit that more bike
related tickets are being given out.  I know one of our council members can
confirm that at least one ticket for running a red light has been given to a
cyclist in MPLS this year.  =)

My size may help in these situations but I have no problem with getting
folks going the wrong way in the bike lane to move.  I don't give any
indication that I'm going to move and don't slow down.  As I pass by them I
usually toss in a neighborly "wrong side, jack-999".  It might seem rude but
no worse than someone who's too lazy to be bothered in riding a block over
to grab a bike lane in the right direction.

Instead of bothering with bike lanes on busy streets, why not turn some
streets into a place for bikes and buses?  The city has built hundreds if
not thousands of streets for cars.  Surely they can bothered to build a few
"streets" for those of use who like to get around the city other ways.

Allen Graetz
Lowry Hills 



-----Original Message-----
From: mpls-bounces at mnforum.org [mailto:mpls-bounces at mnforum.org] On Behalf
Of Steve Brandt
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 11:36 AM
To: mpls at mnforum.org
Subject: [Mpls] Hennepin bike lanes

Are there any other bikers out there who would like to see some
enforcement of the one-way direction of downtown bike lanes?  I'm tired
of having bikers disregard the directions.  It gives me a choice between
insisting on my right-of-way as someone biking in the proper direction
and risking a collision, or swerving into a traffic lane to avoid
someone who apparently can't read the directional arrows.   

Steve Brandt
Kingfield
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