12-04-2017, 04:38 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-04-2017, 04:42 PM by danbrotherston.)
(12-04-2017, 03:04 PM)Coke6pk Wrote: dan, while I get your passion, I fully side with s.31.
If there is a double wide parking space, why can't I park in it? I don't know the city plans on coming next week and installing a Disabled Persons sign and painting the spot blue. Would it be fair for someone to vandalize my car for that reason?
Two wrongs don't make a right....
Maybe read my follow up response, I interpreted S.31s statement differently than he intended it.
Quote:I assumed he was suggesting cyclists have a bad attitude (i.e., are upset about things/don't follow the rules) because they have to deal with things like this. I literally argued with a bike lane parker, told him, he was endangering my life, said he didn't care, so I decided to call the police, and he moved off, a $25 ticket holds more sway than my safety = bad attitude.
That's what I took his response to be, and that's how I framed my response...but I could be wrong too.
I'm not condoning vandalism, especially not in this case, I didn't think s.31 was referring to that at all.
But I do disagree on one point, this is not an issue of people not knowing, this is an issue of people not caring. If they bothered to think and look, they'd realize this is not a parking space, and is a bike lane, but they can't even be bothered to do that. This is the pervasive assumption in our society that everything is for cars. This can be seen in the vehicles which drive up things which are obviously trails. Yes, some do it on purpose, but many also do it because they don't even have the concept of a space that isn't for cars.
Generally though, given this start, I have no doubt that the bike lanes won't really be available for use until next spring at the very earliest, which is a crying shame since I'd been hoping to use them to get to work this winter. I hope signs will have some effect, but given their effectiveness with painted lines, I am not holding my breath. I did say during the design that using a roll curb would make bike lane parking a problem. We need barrier curbs...and if that fails, bollards, if that fails, tire destruction devices.