Comments on: Bicycle Highways http://googlemapsbikethere.org/2008/04/25/bicycle-highways/ Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:23:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: shawnna http://googlemapsbikethere.org/2008/04/25/bicycle-highways/comment-page-1/#comment-374 shawnna Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:50:13 +0000 http://googlemapsbikethere.org/?p=152#comment-374 omg, i was totally thinking this the other day! i was thinking, actually, that you could jeresey barrier off one lane of a highway and allow bikes only to use that lane. not sure how it would work, but it would be sweet. and where possibly build extra bike exists... omg, i was totally thinking this the other day! i was thinking, actually, that you could jeresey barrier off one lane of a highway and allow bikes only to use that lane. not sure how it would work, but it would be sweet. and where possibly build extra bike exists…

]]> By: Google Maps ‘Bike There’ | BikePooling http://googlemapsbikethere.org/2008/04/25/bicycle-highways/comment-page-1/#comment-373 Google Maps ‘Bike There’ | BikePooling Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:34:27 +0000 http://googlemapsbikethere.org/?p=152#comment-373 [...] previous post on Bicycle Highways made me think, “Huh. I wonder if it’d get lonely out there on those massive bike [...] [...] previous post on Bicycle Highways made me think, “Huh. I wonder if it’d get lonely out there on those massive bike [...]

]]> By: Magnus http://googlemapsbikethere.org/2008/04/25/bicycle-highways/comment-page-1/#comment-372 Magnus Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:34:16 +0000 http://googlemapsbikethere.org/?p=152#comment-372 Move to us here in Sweden. We have what you're asking for and we've had it for many years. The gas is too cheap in the US (even though I know it's gone up a lot the past years), and as long as it is most people will drive and few people will care about bikers. Magnus, Sweden Move to us here in Sweden. We have what you’re asking for and we’ve had it for many years. The gas is too cheap in the US (even though I know it’s gone up a lot the past years), and as long as it is most people will drive and few people will care about bikers.

Magnus, Sweden

]]> By: Derek http://googlemapsbikethere.org/2008/04/25/bicycle-highways/comment-page-1/#comment-371 Derek Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:27:02 +0000 http://googlemapsbikethere.org/?p=152#comment-371 Just as long as: 1. The intersections with normal roads are safe (which seems to be the exception rather than the rule), and 2. We aren't expected to use them and stay off the roads. I would be happy with having speed limits lowered on all surface streets to 35 mph to make it easier for bicyclists to ride in traffic. This would also make electric vehicles you can buy today like the Zenn more practical, and maybe manufacturers might start bringing the kind of small, 50+ mpg city cars that you can only get in Europe and Japan over to the U.S. Just as long as:

1. The intersections with normal roads are safe (which seems to be the exception rather than the rule), and
2. We aren’t expected to use them and stay off the roads.

I would be happy with having speed limits lowered on all surface streets to 35 mph to make it easier for bicyclists to ride in traffic. This would also make electric vehicles you can buy today like the Zenn more practical, and maybe manufacturers might start bringing the kind of small, 50+ mpg city cars that you can only get in Europe and Japan over to the U.S.

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