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- From: jim@specialix.com (Jim Maurer)
- Newsgroups: ba.transportation
- Subject: Re: Pushbuttons at crossings (was Signal Synchronization)
- Message-ID: <C1HDxC.8yI@specialix.com>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 21:48:47 GMT
- References: <1993Jan21.012550.20393@adobe.com> <C16tzF.HDz@queernet.org> <1993Jan21.054030.20958@resonex.com> <1993Jan26.173841.19227@athena.mit.edu>
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- rnewman@athena.mit.edu (Ron Newman) writes:
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- >I've never understood why there is so much emphasis put on getting
- >bicycle-friendly detector loops. I can think of at least two
- >approaches that cost less and are better for the bicyclist:
-
- >(a) Put a sign at the intersection reading, "Bicycles Need Not Stop
- >At This Light"
-
- >(b) Get your town or city to pass a resolution saying that no municipal
- >funds will be spent to enforce any traffic laws against bicyclists.
-
- >In Massachusetts, we effectively have (b). The result is that
- >bicycles can get where they want easily, often faster than cars,
- >and no money is spent at all.
-
- Who scoops up the smooshed bicyclists when they go through intersections
- without stopping? And what about the smooshed pedestrians when bicyclists
- go barreling through an intersection when pedestrians are crossing?
- Come on, there have to been some traffic rules for bicycles, even if
- they are just for safety's sake!
-