BIKE: Most Dangerous Cities For Walking

[Lane S. Wimberley]

Perhaps this is related to (or explains) what happened in
St. Augustine, FL, today, as you may have already seen reported on
Drudge... 

"Woman Charged With Running Down Boys Who Hit SUV With Golf Ball"

http://www.local6.com/news/3974410/detail.html

What a world.

-Lane

> From: Dennis Abbott <bicycleadventure>
> To: Austin Bikes <forum>
> Subject: Re: BIKE: Most Dangerous Cities For Walking
> Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 20:42:33 -0600
> 
> I lived and biked commuted in Fort Lauderdale FL for almost a year and
> the place is absolutely unliveable and darn near impossible to bike
> commute in.  A couple of major reasons:
> 
> * freaky white people that have built walled-off neighborhoods that
> take up several blocks and have security gates.  This elininates all
> but collector roads for travel.  No shoulders or bike lanes on
> collectors either.
> 
> * old folks that really should not be driving.  They have actually
> painted LARGER stripes on the road to alleviate this problem.  For
> some reason its not turning out to be the optimal solution.
> 
> * when they drained the swamp to build the neighborhoods they had to
> dig canals to build up the land and help drain off water.  They built
> these not in straight lines but instead in esthetically pleasing curly
> q's all over the place.  There are no bridges crossing these,
> therefore if you find a neighborhood street it usually ends at a canal
> and you have to backtrack.
> 
> * Toll roads(FL Turnpike), this really limited access freeway
> eliminates any east-west travel for pedestrians and cyclists.  They
> made no accomodations like tunnels or overpasses at all, it was the
> Berlin Wall for FL peds and cyclists.
> 
> Absolutely no recreational weekend rides possible, its all houses and
> collector roads from swamp to beach.  Worst place to live EVER.
> 
> Dennis Abbott


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