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Poll: what do you think about bike lanes?

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Contributor: koola1d88 koola1d88
Quote:
Originally posted by spiced
Do you have bike lanes where you live? Do you love them? Hate them?
bike lanes are good they protect bikers at least a little bit, they have their own space
12/18/2012
Contributor: K101 K101
Quote:
Originally posted by spiced
Do you have bike lanes where you live? Do you love them? Hate them?
We don't have em, but we don't have a lot of bikers. I could see it still being handy though.
12/18/2012
Contributor: GONE! GONE!
We have some in my community, but we need more. There are still a lot of bike accidents.
12/18/2012
Contributor: Stagger13 Stagger13
Quote:
Originally posted by spiced
Do you have bike lanes where you live? Do you love them? Hate them?
Good idea if they get used,
12/18/2012
Contributor: Allstars316 Allstars316
We have them and are very helpful.
12/18/2012
Contributor: luvslukin luvslukin
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Originally posted by darkr
Bike lanes are fine as long as the bikers stay in the lane and not ride the line
Many times a cyclist will "ride the line" because there is are cars parked on the street to the right of the bike lane. This leads to a serious danger of being car doored. In order to avoid that threat most smart cyclist will ride outside the danger zone of being car doored and that means riding to the left of the bike lane and near the traffic lane.
12/18/2012
Contributor: spiced spiced
Quote:
Originally posted by luvslukin
Many times a cyclist will "ride the line" because there is are cars parked on the street to the right of the bike lane. This leads to a serious danger of being car doored. In order to avoid that threat most smart cyclist will ride outside ... more
Yes, that's an excellent point. Also, bike lanes are often full of road debris like glass, rocks and other nasty things. Stuff you can't even see from a car, but which would give a cyclist a flat tire or make them crash. Most places, even very bike-friendly places, don't even bother to include the bike lanes when they clean the streets, and all the crap from the road ends up in the bike lane. That's another reason I'm in favor of bike lanes which are separated from the car travel lanes.
12/18/2012
Contributor: Beck Beck
I've only ever seen a handful of bike lanes. Honestly, I thought they were for bikes not motorcycles.
12/18/2012
Contributor: Gluesnffr Gluesnffr
We don't have bike lanes here but I wish we did.
12/18/2012
Contributor: Intrepid Niddering Intrepid Niddering
Quote:
Originally posted by spiced
I totally agree about sidewalks. I've lived a couple of places without them and I HATED not being able to simply walk places without fearing for my life.

Having to drive everywhere completely sucks--and of course, kids often don't ... more
Seriously. And what's even more ridiculous is that there are people in my town lobbying -against- them installing sidewalks, citing that it would be "pointless."
12/18/2012
Contributor: luvslukin luvslukin
Quote:
Originally posted by Beck
I've only ever seen a handful of bike lanes. Honestly, I thought they were for bikes not motorcycles.
They are for bikes not motorcycles.
12/18/2012
Contributor: MrWishyWashy MrWishyWashy
We have a few, but not enough.
12/18/2012
Contributor: Ansley Ansley
We barely have sidewalks on 99% of the streets and I can think of two major roads that have a bike lane on them but I don't see too many cyclists either. It's a town of suburban sprawl - everything is quite a bit of distance from actual residences.
03/08/2013
Contributor: big b big b
like um keeps the bikes of the road and out of the way.
03/08/2013
Contributor: ViVix ViVix
Quote:
Originally posted by spiced
Do you have bike lanes where you live? Do you love them? Hate them?
They don't stay in the lanes anyway!
03/08/2013
Contributor: 1001 Pleasures 1001 Pleasures
I can't even use a crosswalk without risking my life, so not sure I would chance using a bike lane, even though - in theory - they are a good idea.
03/08/2013
Contributor: fizzygato fizzygato
I don't mind them because I never have to use them and never drive/ come in contact with bicyclists using them. If I drove I'd probably be scared to hit them in the lane. If I used them, I'd probably be scared to get hit
03/08/2013
Contributor: SecondStory SecondStory
We have them here. They're useful.
03/08/2013
Contributor: ginnyluvspotter ginnyluvspotter
we need them here
03/08/2013
Contributor: Jax Jackson Jax Jackson
A good idea. We have them here because of all the students who bike to class.
03/08/2013
Contributor: Hazeleyes2012 Hazeleyes2012
They have their place and purpose ... Better than seeing someone on a bike get ran over by a truck or something.....
03/08/2013
Contributor: Missmarc Missmarc
Quote:
Originally posted by spiced
Do you have bike lanes where you live? Do you love them? Hate them?
We have bike lanes in my community and I love them.
03/08/2013
Contributor: Sassy Pam Sassy Pam
We don't have any around here.
03/08/2013
Contributor: Real or memorex Real or memorex
I live in Chicago. Bike lanes are great!
03/08/2013
Contributor: invisiblehat invisiblehat
I walk, and I appreciate bike planes, which get bikers out of the way and stop them from running me over. Unfortunately, they're not around where I live.
03/08/2013
Contributor: Falsepast Falsepast
We don't have bike lanes and it would be awful if we did
03/08/2013
Contributor: spiced spiced
Quote:
Originally posted by Falsepast
We don't have bike lanes and it would be awful if we did
Awful? Why? Please explain!
03/11/2013
Contributor: KinkyKatieJames KinkyKatieJames
We don't in my town, but I am close to NYC where they do have them. I wish my town would adopt them. It is so much safer and more convenient. As it is now, bike riders have to drive in the regular lane. People get mad and zoom around them; more often than not, the bikers almost get hit.
03/11/2013
Contributor: Allison.Wilder Allison.Wilder
Quote:
Originally posted by spiced
Do you have bike lanes where you live? Do you love them? Hate them?
We have them, I'm pretty neutral towards them, honestly.
03/11/2013