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Suburbs are one thing. Cities or regular roads between settlements are a completely different thing. In suburbs you have to watch out for kids playing on the s
by jlg23 9y ago
Suburbs are one thing. Cities or regular roads between settlements are a completely different thing.
In suburbs you have to watch out for kids playing on the street anyway, most drivers live in those suburbs and they know their neighbors. In my experience, drivers in suburbs are much more attentive and friendly than drivers in big cities.
Last but not least, kids tend not to ride their big on big roads that cut through suburbs, they are on small side streets that don't see much traffic anyway.
When you ride a bike in SF from Sunset to SoMa you'll notice the difference.
- closeparen 9y agoAh. Yes, more should be done to corral urban drivers onto major roads so that urban neighborhood streets feel more like suburbs. Chicago is pretty good at this with strategic placement of businesses, stop signs, one-ways, and forced turns, so I didn't really think about it. I guess even the neighborhood streets in SF are still pretty scary. It would be great to have bike lanes on those busier thoroughfares, or friendlier streets parallel to those thoroughfares. But I maintain that we shouldn't need 100% coverage of bike lanes between all points.
- prawn 9y agoWe used to ride on our street when I was young but no one does now. The street is full of cars. People who had a single car 20-30 years ago in their driveway, now have 2-3 and the extras are often parked on the street. This reduces access to play (we played ball sports and rode bikes/skateboards) and makes visibility problematic.