tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post5160136051170998637..comments2024-03-27T12:53:39.298+01:00Comments on A view from the cycle path: When you need a cycle path and when you don'tDavid Hembrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-3492247532844607882010-04-16T14:40:51.713+02:002010-04-16T14:40:51.713+02:00Haha, oxymoron indeed! (is it an etymological joke...Haha, oxymoron indeed! (is it an etymological joke that moron is part of that word?)<br /><br />In any case, I have never encountered a responsible teenager, they ride three abreast, they carry five people on a bike, they do wheelies in the middle of the street... Basically, I'm glad there are bikepaths. :DAnnekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13303232666607267415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-47585916586743256722010-04-15T23:08:28.654+02:002010-04-15T23:08:28.654+02:00Paul: He's pretty cool, isn't he :-) Infra...Paul: He's pretty cool, isn't he :-) Infrastructure like this keeps even the irresponsible safe. And that, of course, is exactly what is needed if you want to be able to send your kids out on bikes and have them survive. "Sensible teenager" is an oxymoron.David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-57965177829203884572010-04-15T22:25:47.207+02:002010-04-15T22:25:47.207+02:00Check out the 3rd video around 1:15 and catch a gl...Check out the 3rd video around 1:15 and catch a glimpse of the kid riding a wheelie on a Dutch bike.Paul Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00337082439464131108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-19251870121383585242010-04-14T18:22:18.360+02:002010-04-14T18:22:18.360+02:00I wasn't complaining about parked cars, I was ...I wasn't complaining about parked cars, I was just commenting that there are a lot of them, in contrast to moving vehicles.<br /><br />In fact, not in the strict downtown area, but in many inner Portland neighborhoods, the streets are only wide enough for one vehicle to pass at a time, with the street parking. Few of them have room to allow two vehicles to pass easily (that is, they can pass,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-3390577091382385252010-04-14T00:31:59.793+02:002010-04-14T00:31:59.793+02:00Thanks for this post, David. It's been a while...Thanks for this post, David. It's been a while since I've checked in. I hope life has been treating you well in Assen.<br /><br />I agree with Mr. Portlandize that our urban form is quite different than many other bicycle friendly cities due to our small grid (200 foot grid). <br /><br />This creates challenges and opportunities for various bikeway designs and access.<br /><br />I think Greg Raismanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06040769798717859785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-43719577664139523942010-04-13T23:26:34.867+02:002010-04-13T23:26:34.867+02:00Portlandize,
You may be right about the sidestree...Portlandize,<br /><br />You may be right about the sidestreets not being crowded in Portland, but I think you missed the point of the first video. <br />I took a look at these downtown sidestreets (yay google streetview!) and I can tell you that traffic volume is not the problem there. Compare them to the Dutch residential streets shown in the video. Your sidestreets are not streets at all, they&J..noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-37584846356120269512010-04-13T21:27:17.195+02:002010-04-13T21:27:17.195+02:00One thing that has really surprised me since start...One thing that has really surprised me since starting to ride a bike in Portland, is how much of the automobile traffic gravitates to arterial streets.<br /><br />Most of inner Portland is on a pretty strict grid layout, with larger arterial streets about every 5-6 blocks. I can ride one block off of an arterial almost all the way across the main part of the city and only see maybe 1-2 moving Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com