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- From: Howard.Gerber@f88.n106.z1.fidonet.org (Howard Gerber)
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- Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.soc
- Subject: Re: new year's resolutions
- Message-ID: <725733330.AA08560@urchin.fidonet.org>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 11:14:06 -0500
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- Gregory D. Surbeck <gsurbeck@eng.umd.edu> writes:
-
- GDS> Terry's post a few days ago got my mind on the subject.
- GDS> Does anyone want to share their cycling resolutions for the new year?
-
- I'll make it to lose the 15 pounds in my middle. That in itself should improve
- my hill climbing.
-
- GDS> My personal favorite solution: planned, unmarked, wide right lanes.
- GDS> What's wrong with them (to be read with the same tone of voice as my
- GDS> what's wrong with bikeways question -- neutral)?
-
- There's absolutely nothing wrong with building such roads. They're probably the
- safest place for cyclists to ride. Many of the rural highways in Texas are of
- that type. Wider outside lanes have the advantage that the road surface lasts
- longer, since motorists have less tendency to drive off the edge of the paved
- surface.
-
- John Gaynor -- a member of the Texas D.O.T. and our regional bicycle
- representative to the D.O.T. -- pointed this out to me at a meeting last year.
- He made it clear that although this kind of road benefits cyclists (and John is
- a cyclist, too), the best argument when talking to government officials is that
- while the initial road construction costs more, it saves the state lots of
- money over a five year period.
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-