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re: Baton Rouge rated most dangerous for Biking & Walking
Posted on 10/3/25 at 10:13 am to slidingstop
Posted on 10/3/25 at 10:13 am to slidingstop
Ehh… I’m fine. I get pretty far off the road when I see a car coming. I’m more worried about the kids playing in the street.
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Posted on 10/3/25 at 10:14 am to Aspercel
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I walk through a neighborhood most nights and I can’t tell you how often I have to jump off the road because cars are absolutely flying and drivers are on their phones.
Happened to us just last night. For all the good qualities my better half has, self-preservation isn’t one of them. Basically had to scream to get out of the way…that car is looking at their phone.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 10:14 am to member12
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Nobody uses the bike paths on top of the levee, on government street, etc.
I did during my time there. Where I live now is a lot more friendly to pedestrians.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 10:17 am to yaherrdme
I left for work this morning well before sunrise and saw 2 people riding their bikes on Old Hammond Hwy and one on Airline. It's not just the drivers that are retarded around here.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 10:18 am to yaherrdme
My neighborhood is full of sidewalks but even at peak neighbor traffic hours of dropping kids at carpool or returning from work all these walkers STILL walk in the road while the sidewalks are there rotting.
Even at the pinch points of traffic these a-hole walkers are in the freaking street because asphalt feels better on their stupid knees.
Even at the pinch points of traffic these a-hole walkers are in the freaking street because asphalt feels better on their stupid knees.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 10:18 am to member12
quote:You seem to be confusing exercise with commuting. Different riders have different goals in riding.
But they'll ride in traffic on Highland Road. I've seen them exercising on River Road at 6AM in fog even though there is a bike bath on top of the adjacent levee
Posted on 10/3/25 at 10:20 am to Shorts Guy
But if you choose the right car….
Posted on 10/3/25 at 10:20 am to AtlantaLSUfan
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all these walkers STILL walk in the road while the sidewalks are there rotting
I’m guilty of running on subdivision streets instead of the sidewalk. Asphalt is most definitely easier on the knees.
This post was edited on 10/3/25 at 10:21 am
Posted on 10/3/25 at 10:24 am to yaherrdme
I'm guessing they aren't taking out the bullet caused fatalities.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 10:25 am to bulletprooftiger
Of course it’s intentional. Roads pretend to be public utilities but their primary purpose is segregation.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 10:55 am to Aspercel
quote:sometimes I have to run off the sidewalk
I walk through a neighborhood most nights and I can’t tell you how often I have to jump off the road because cars are absolutely flying and drivers are on their phones
Posted on 10/3/25 at 11:04 am to Alt26
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Just look at Nicholson Hwy as one example. Developers are putting up new subdivisions, on both sides of the road, from LSU to Iberville Parish. Yet, Nicholson remains the same 2 lane highway it's been forever.
Why should more than 99.99% of the population give a shite about the dozen or so nutjobs that insist on biking around town on major roads in this miserable swamp rot heat and humidity?
. Any idea what this chit costs for so little use it gets?
Good example-- Almost no one uses the Government Street "traffic calming " bike lanes the City just HAD to put in.
85% of the hood rats I see daily still use the sidewalks and frankly I don't blame them. You'd have to have a screw loose to use those bike lanes during heavy traffic, and most people still speed down Govt street despite the downsizing to two lanes.
This post was edited on 10/3/25 at 1:26 pm
Posted on 10/3/25 at 11:05 am to yaherrdme
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Contributing factors include a lack of sidewalks and bike lanes
The world does need more bike lanes, it needs less cyclists
Posted on 10/3/25 at 11:08 am to TigerGman
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Almost no one uses the Government Street "traffic calming " bike lanes the City just HAD to put in.
That was done to appease the mid-city hipster residents.
Posted on 10/3/25 at 11:12 am to member12
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But they'll ride in traffic on Highland Road. I've seen them exercising on River Road at 6AM in fog even though there is a bike bath on top of the adjacent levee.
I live on River Road and, although a lot of bikers use the levee, it never ceases to amaze me the number of people who ride on the road between Skip Bertman and Lauberge. I don't understand riding on River Road when there is a perfectly good paved bike path on top of the levee.
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