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If there were protected bike lanes along my commute (about 3 miles), I'd cycle to work in a heartbeat. (Well, showers at the office, preferably clean ones, woul

If there were protected bike lanes along my commute (about 3 miles), I'd cycle to work in a heartbeat. (Well, showers at the office, preferably clean ones, would also help.) Instead, only about 25% of the trip has bike lanes at all. And they share a curb with the buses (which might be the worst arrangement possible, since cyclists and bus drivers have to keep dodging one another in and out of the lane - endangering the cyclists and slowing the buses). Instead, I walk when the weather is right. Cycling right beside cars would scare the shit out of me.

dominotw 10y ago
I had 3 of my coworkers killed in Chicago in last 2 years. One to to drunk driver, 2 to visibility issues( one was extreme downhill curve where a cyclist would suddenly appear out of nowhere. Other was a truck making a left turn between two cars, no way the truck driver could have seen the cyclist) . Only people with a deathwish would ride a bike on streets shared by other vehicles. Don't be stupid, think of your family.
- beardicus 10y ago
  > Only people with a deathwish would ride a bike on streets shared by other vehicles. I'll grant that the risk of death in an accident is probably higher on bike, but the risk of death by being sedentary should also not be ignored in the calculation. I don't have a deathwish, and I commuted 30 miles a day on a bike for years. It was great. I've never been in better shape. We have a problem with cars killing people with alarming regularity. The solution probably isn't to avoid riding bikes or being a pedestrian.
  - dominotw 10y ago
    surely there are better ways to get in shape that don't involve risking your life on daily basis.
    - gleenn 10y ago
      I think you're being pretty harsh. I don't have a death wish, I ride my bike frequently in SF because I love to ride, it's great exercise, it's by far the fastest way to get to work, and it's one less bicyclist-killing machine on the road. From a philosophical point of view, if everyone did what I did, there would be a lot of upsides for everyone. If everyone decided to ride a car, there would be many downsides.

dominotw 10y ago

I had 3 of my coworkers killed in Chicago in last 2 years. One to to drunk driver, 2 to visibility issues( one was extreme downhill curve where a cyclist would suddenly appear out of nowhere. Other was a truck making a left turn between two cars, no way the truck driver could have seen the cyclist) . Only people with a deathwish would ride a bike on streets shared by other vehicles. Don't be stupid, think of your family.

beardicus 10y ago
> Only people with a deathwish would ride a bike on streets shared by other vehicles. I'll grant that the risk of death in an accident is probably higher on bike, but the risk of death by being sedentary should also not be ignored in the calculation. I don't have a deathwish, and I commuted 30 miles a day on a bike for years. It was great. I've never been in better shape. We have a problem with cars killing people with alarming regularity. The solution probably isn't to avoid riding bikes or being a pedestrian.
- dominotw 10y ago
  surely there are better ways to get in shape that don't involve risking your life on daily basis.
  - gleenn 10y ago
    I think you're being pretty harsh. I don't have a death wish, I ride my bike frequently in SF because I love to ride, it's great exercise, it's by far the fastest way to get to work, and it's one less bicyclist-killing machine on the road. From a philosophical point of view, if everyone did what I did, there would be a lot of upsides for everyone. If everyone decided to ride a car, there would be many downsides.