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re: Bike lane controversy on Glenmore Ave in BR
Posted on 10/6/15 at 9:51 am to hawkster
Posted on 10/6/15 at 9:51 am to hawkster
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We rode our Sting-Rays 10,000 miles when we were kids, on streets much busier than Glenmore. No helmets, no bike lanes, no casualties. Continuously preaching that bike lanes and sidewalks will make any measurable difference in Baton Rouge's traffic problems is ludicrous. It's simply political correctness applied to traffic engineering.
I think the issue with this argument is that there are more vehicles on the road now...and more importantly a lot more distracted drivers.
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This post was edited on 10/6/15 at 9:52 am
Posted on 10/6/15 at 10:11 am to hoolius
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I think the issue with this argument is that there are more vehicles on the road now...and more importantly a lot more distracted drivers.
how is a bike lane going to save you from someone more worried about posting selfies to Instagram?
Posted on 10/6/15 at 11:36 am to hoolius
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I think the issue with this argument is that there are more vehicles on the road now...and more importantly a lot more distracted drivers.
What about the issue that there is no remotely feasible or responsible way to create bike lanes throughout the city? And furthermore, the cost and disruption to motor vehicle traffic if bike lanes were prevalent would be utterly absurd.
With that reality in mind, how much difference does it actually make to create bike lanes on this one residential street? If you are truly a dedicated cyclist, then the bike lane on Glenmore should represent a tiny fraction of the public roadways you travel. And unless the city goes totally nuts, you will never be able to count on bike lanes for the majority of your travel.
This issue is like all of the other political correctness battles that dominate headlines. Cyclists want to be considered a special class of citizen/victims and the Glenmore bike lane has become a government sanctioned symbol of their "special" status.
I love riding motorcycles, but I rarely do it in BR anymore because the dangers involved take the fun out of it. And that's a fact of life that no government program, policy or special dispensation of public assets will ever change.
Ride your bicycle if you want to. Face the realities of the risks involved and the realities of the minor importance of your selected mode of travel in the big picture.
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