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- From: rnewman@athena.mit.edu (Ron Newman)
- Subject: Re: Pushbuttons at crossings (was Signal Synchronization)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.173841.19227@athena.mit.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:38:41 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.054030.20958@resonex.com> frankm@resonex.com (Frank Muennemann) writes:
- >Let's try to be sane about this issue: If govenrnment is going to
- >spend money to make motoring more conveneient, let's at least bring
- >cyclists up to a comparable level of convenience and safety. Marking
- >trip wires, and keeping them calibrated so that a bicyle can trip
- >them would be the MINIMUM! Special lights for cyclists or laws which
- >permit cyclists to safely cross the street (e.g. at T-intersections)
- >against the light can't cost very much compared to what 5-lane freeways
- >cost to build.
-
- 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:
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- (a) Put a sign at the intersection reading, "Bicycles Need Not Stop
- At This Light"
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- (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.
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- 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.
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- Ron Newman rnewman@bbn.com
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