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Bike lane controversy on Glenmore Ave in BR
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:18 am
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:18 am
Bikers want to have police ticket residents who park in front of their homes on bike paths. Residents in turn want bike lanes removed.
I side with residents on this. Bike lanes are a privilege not a right on city streets. Instead of carefully maneuvering around residents' cars they demand that residents be ticketed.
Many bikers have an arrogant attitude of entitlement. When I drive my car on the LSU lakes bikers are flying by endangering pedestrians and causing unsafe situations for vehicles. They act as if their bikes should always have the right of way instead of sharing the road.
Remove their bike lanes unless they learn an attitude of cohabitation on city streets.
I side with residents on this. Bike lanes are a privilege not a right on city streets. Instead of carefully maneuvering around residents' cars they demand that residents be ticketed.
Many bikers have an arrogant attitude of entitlement. When I drive my car on the LSU lakes bikers are flying by endangering pedestrians and causing unsafe situations for vehicles. They act as if their bikes should always have the right of way instead of sharing the road.
Remove their bike lanes unless they learn an attitude of cohabitation on city streets.
This post was edited on 10/5/15 at 1:41 pm
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Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:19 am to TigerBR1111
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Love a good Bikers are inconsiderate assholes thread
Love a good Bikers are inconsiderate assholes thread
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:19 am to TigerBR1111
Here we go! 
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:20 am to TigerBR1111
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TigerBR1111
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:20 am to TigerBR1111
Here we go again..........
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:21 am to TigerBR1111
There's a meeting tonight at Ingleside. I'm going for the entertainment.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:22 am to TigerBR1111
20 pages
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:22 am to TigerBR1111
Yup. BR is not built to be a bike friendly city.
The Lance Armstrong types need to realize this and get over it. Until then natural selection will just have to weed some out I guess.
The Lance Armstrong types need to realize this and get over it. Until then natural selection will just have to weed some out I guess.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:23 am to TigerBR1111
I've noticed more and more bikers on Stanford in the middle of the right lane by the lakes, some fast some barely moving along. Makes it rather annoying during rush hour when there's one biker causing traffic
This post was edited on 10/5/15 at 12:57 pm
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:23 am to TigerBR1111
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:23 am to TigerBR1111
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When I drive my car on the LSU lakes bikers are flying by endangering pedestrians and causing unsafe situations for vehicles.
Maybe because the pedestrians don't know what side of the road to walk on.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:24 am to TigerBR1111
wow you are a dumbass
people parking illegally should be ticketed. People bitch about cycilists on roads and now they're bitching about them in their own bike path
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Instead of carefully maneuvering around residents' cars they demand that residents be ticketed.
people parking illegally should be ticketed. People bitch about cycilists on roads and now they're bitching about them in their own bike path
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:24 am to TigerBR1111
I've been following this since it started 2-3 months ago. After the few people got hit on their bikes. One biker was making an illegal turn, the other was actually hit by someone running a stop sign; the biking community went on a tear to demand safe streets. This included calling up BRPD to get the 4-5 people who parked in these lanes on Glenmore ticketed.
Biking community went with force, and residents responded accordingly. Had they come to a reasonable solution and conversation first, they wouldn't have come to this point.
I've biked/walked/run on Glenmore for over 6 years now, the street isn't so busy that cars, trash cans, walkers, etc. blocking the lanes cause an unsafe situation for the riders.
I think the lanes should stay, and common courtesy of the residents to use their driveways as much as possible lends a fair solution.
This has also turned into a have's and have not's issue. Seen a few posts on Nextdoor related to the wealth of Glenmore Ave. residents by the biking community.
Biking community went with force, and residents responded accordingly. Had they come to a reasonable solution and conversation first, they wouldn't have come to this point.
I've biked/walked/run on Glenmore for over 6 years now, the street isn't so busy that cars, trash cans, walkers, etc. blocking the lanes cause an unsafe situation for the riders.
I think the lanes should stay, and common courtesy of the residents to use their driveways as much as possible lends a fair solution.
This has also turned into a have's and have not's issue. Seen a few posts on Nextdoor related to the wealth of Glenmore Ave. residents by the biking community.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:24 am to TigerBR1111
You people would bitch at bikers even if they didn't bike
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:27 am to TigerBR1111
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:28 am to TigerBR1111
what is the point of a bike lane if people are going to fricking park in it?
if the bike lane stays, the residents should be ticketed for parking in it
if the bike lane is removed, nobody should bitch when bikes are riding in the car lanes again
who is it that doesn't want to share the road again?
if the bike lane stays, the residents should be ticketed for parking in it
if the bike lane is removed, nobody should bitch when bikes are riding in the car lanes again
who is it that doesn't want to share the road again?
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:31 am to TigerBR1111
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Bike lanes are a privilege not a right on city streets.
No. Bike and pedestrian infrastructure is now legally required in EBR. DWI.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:33 am to TigerBR1111
I wonder if Darth has an opinion on this one..
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:44 am to TigerBR1111
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Many bikers have an arrogant attitude of entitlement.
A Chemistry professor who lives on the bike lane posted a very good perspective last week.
Basically called the Cycling Activists a bunch of immature children when referring to their sidewalk chalk messages scribbled in the street.
At the end of the day, there's a ghost bike on Perkins that is, in part, a constant reminder of the entitlement attitude of cyclists.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 11:49 am to TigerBR1111
I totally see that bikers can be inconsiderate sometimes. I was on a ride two weeks ago and came up to three intersections. First was a light. As I'm stopped waiting for green, some lady on a mountain bike just rolls past me causing havoc in the intersection trying to get around turning cars. I pass her, but stop at another light. She catches up and passes right by me again luckily no cars this time. Next is a roundabout right after the second light. I slow down to let a car that's already in the circle pass, and she passes me again cutting off the car. I couldn't believe how ignorant she was to what she was doing especially when there was a biker right in front of her all each time following the rules of the road as an example.
But as far as this topic, sounds like you guys are never going to give a biker a chance. "Bikes shouldn't be on the road!". We make a bike lane to get them out of the road "I should be able to put my car there!". It's about a good an argument from the bikers about cars being in their lane as the drivers complaining about bikers being in theirs.
But as far as this topic, sounds like you guys are never going to give a biker a chance. "Bikes shouldn't be on the road!". We make a bike lane to get them out of the road "I should be able to put my car there!". It's about a good an argument from the bikers about cars being in their lane as the drivers complaining about bikers being in theirs.
This post was edited on 10/5/15 at 12:44 pm
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