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re: Bike lane controversy on Glenmore Ave in BR
Posted on 10/5/15 at 12:21 pm to link
Posted on 10/5/15 at 12:21 pm to link
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is the road wide enough to put the smallest allowable lane, then the smallest allowable bike path, then the smallest allowable on-street parking?
kinda like this
No.. Its a boulevard where each way has one wide lane that was made smaller to accommodate a bike lane. There is no parking on the boulevard and the street isnt conducive for any parking options except in a driveway or the street.
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Posted on 10/5/15 at 12:21 pm to link
Baton Rouge only dreams of streets this big.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 12:25 pm to Uncs
This is why, as a cyclist, I only ride at 5:30 in the morning, except weekends when I head out on some country roads. Can't tell you how many times I have almost been hit by some numb nut who has to text or check his FB page instead of paying attention to the road. But at that time of the morning, there is less idiots on the road.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 12:31 pm to TigerBR1111
If you live on Glenmore and you have too many people over to fit in your driveway, where are they supposed to park?
Posted on 10/5/15 at 12:32 pm to SUB
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If a car was parked in a lane where traffic is supposed to flow, I'm sure you would be pissed and want that car ticketed and moved so that you can get by. Or I'm sure you'd be ok with "carefully maneuvering" around that car.
Do you not carefully maneuver around a parked car on a street without dedicated bike lanes or do you call the police?
When you drive your vehicle to visit friends have you ever parked on the street? Do you expect to be ticketed?
Have you never driven around a plumbers van or utility truck parked in front of someone's home?
I think the issue is more of reasoning than anything else. This is why this country is so fricked up because cool heads cannot prevail and all issues from war to abortion all the way down to bike paths are polarized and it's an all or nothing mentality. People would prefer a pirates victory and burn the house down around them rather than having a reasonable discussion/debate and come up with a compromising solution.
It's not the "pussification of America" as all on here are fond of saying - it's the stupidity of America that is our downfall.
And just so it's clear where I stand "frick Johnny's Pizza."
Posted on 10/5/15 at 12:36 pm to Martini
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It's not the "pussification of America" as all on here are fond of saying - it's the stupidity of America that is our downfall.
agreed
This post was edited on 10/5/15 at 12:37 pm
Posted on 10/5/15 at 12:37 pm to TigerBR1111
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If they remove bike lanes they won't be parking illegally which is my argument dumbass.
How about a solution that would piss both parties off. Take out the bike lane and prohibit parking on the street.
A Solomon esq solution that I can get my head around.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 12:40 pm to TigerBR1111
You have to be a despicable person to hate bikers.
And, you have to be a moron if you can't get along with them on the road.
And, you have to be a moron if you can't get along with them on the road.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 12:40 pm to gmrkr5
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you cant convince me riding a bike around the majority of this city is a good idea.
Well yea. That's the exact problem. It isn't bike-friendly on most streets.
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bike lanes are not fixing that
Are you saying having bike lanes doesn't make a street safer for bikers?
Posted on 10/5/15 at 12:40 pm to TROLA
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The problem is that there isn't anywhere for people to park if they have company over, a party or are having work done on their house.. The street isnt setup for one or the other
that's their problem and doesn't give them the right to park in a bike lane. What there ever parking there before?
This reminds me of Gentilly Boulevard in New Orleans. It was a three lane road that was shrunk to two lanes, along with a bike lane and a buffer. Most of the time the bike lane is clear but if there's an event at someone's house or something going on at the two churches on the road, people are parking in the bike lane. Also people religiously park in the bike lane by the library. I'm pretty sure they weren't blocking a lane of traffic before when it was three lanes.
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No.. Its a boulevard where each way has one wide lane that was made smaller to accommodate a bike lane. There is no parking on the boulevard and the street isnt conducive for any parking options except in a driveway or the street.
well they have no reason to park on the street then if there wasn't parking there before
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If you live on Glenmore and you have too many people over to fit in your driveway, where are they supposed to park?
park around the block
Posted on 10/5/15 at 12:43 pm to ruzil
is Glenmore a major connector or is it just a blvd. in a residential area? I read in the paper that most of the riders aren't even residents. just people riding in the area because of the bike lanes.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 12:43 pm to CapitalCityDevil
With the amount of people on this board that complain about people being fat, you would think they would want more people riding bikes.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 12:45 pm to Styxion
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With the amount of people on this board that complain about people being fat, you would think they would want more people riding bikes.
Or the amount of people that complain about poor people using buses in BR to get to work.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 12:45 pm to urinetrouble
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Are you saying having bike lanes doesn't make a street safer for bikers?
not when a-hole drivers are updating their facebook status or texting.
tell me how adding a little white line to a street is this massive life saving measure. is that line gonna stop the idiot looking at their phone? no
Posted on 10/5/15 at 12:46 pm to wizziko
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park around the block
Why don't you ride around the block?
See? You are the type I'm talking about.
Take a ride one block over on Ingleside. Come back and comment after you have done that.
Posted on 10/5/15 at 12:48 pm to Styxion
Put the fricking bike lane on the side of the median so home owners can have people over and not have their friends get ticketed! Problem solved! Both Parties happy now move on people nothing to see here
Posted on 10/5/15 at 12:51 pm to CuseTiger
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I've noticed more and more bikers on Acadian 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
Where exactly, is this mythical Acadian Lake?
Posted on 10/5/15 at 12:51 pm to tigerinthebueche
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is Glenmore a major connector or is it just a blvd. in a residential area? I read in the paper that most of the riders aren't even residents. just people riding in the area because of the bike lanes.
Looking at the street on google maps I question why there is even a lane there. It is just a random street and the bike lane doesn't connect to anything. Just a random bike lane between Claycut and Woodside.
This post was edited on 10/5/15 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 10/5/15 at 12:52 pm to Martini
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Why don't you ride around the block?
See? You are the type I'm talking about.
they chose to live on a street with no off street parking so I don't feel any sympathy for them
Posted on 10/5/15 at 12:55 pm to LSUfan4444
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If you eliminated all bike lanes and had an environment where they could safely coexist, I don't think there would be a huge demand for a bike lane.
This is what I like about where I live. There are actually bike paths, but there are lots of pedestrians walking and they wind through the trees, making it quite dangerous for anyone actually cycling (17-20 mph) to be on them. I was on a ride yesterday and just felt like crap since I had a cold all week. Instead of limping back to the house and blocking traffic (not that I would have), I jumped on the bike path and made my way home slowly.
But when I go on an actual ride, the lanes are wide, there isn't much traffic, and people tend to be almost too courteous. There's a large cycling presence in the area and people seem to know how to act. There's rarely interaction (although there are still drivers who feel the need to be somewhat aggressive when passing,etc. but it's rare). Another thing is that for the most part, the cyclist seem to follow the rules, and they stay off of the streets that you really shouldn't be riding on. For the most part.
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