tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post6792358554159494648..comments2024-02-16T04:11:30.642-05:00Comments on Tales From The Sharrows: Ride Home 8/24: Oblique Tangents Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post-49876859860587206692012-08-27T09:40:09.565-04:002012-08-27T09:40:09.565-04:00This morning turning onto 15th from Penn a car tur...This morning turning onto 15th from Penn a car turned left in between myself and the cyclist in front of me during the bike green. A cop witnessed the whole thing and pulled the car over! Lucasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post-90021163795516261282012-08-25T21:49:59.997-04:002012-08-25T21:49:59.997-04:00I generally preemptively glare at potential left t...I generally preemptively glare at potential left turners a the end of the cycletrack to make sure they don't try and run me over. Then I get out in the crosswalk about 8 seconds into the pedestrian walk light so that I'm ready to go as soon as the bike light goes green. Then I often glare once more over my shoulder for good measure. <br /><br />I have been known on occasion to yell loudly "You have a red light!" to cars who don't respond to all the glaring and my being in the intersection and them having a red light and all. Most of them don't appreciate it. One woman passenger even made rude (though not obscene) gestures back at me because she clearly didn't realize that the man driving (her husband, I suppose, though I don't like to jump to conclusions) was breaking the law. Jonhttp://www.manfredmacx.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post-2287720650672667012012-08-25T12:16:43.346-04:002012-08-25T12:16:43.346-04:00There's already a good deal of CaBi traffic on...There's already a good deal of CaBi traffic on the MVT between 14th street and the airport, and a non-zero number south of 4 mile run (I have no idea where those people are going). But there are only two stations that could be considered on the MVT route (Prince & Union + King & Royal). The real question is how crosstown traffic on King is going to accept new Cabi ridership. (or for that matter up & down Patrick/Henry). The smart money already takes the parallel streets, but if this does actually introduce some new ridership, there's going to some turf fightsKolohenoreply@blogger.com