BIKE: The Most Heinous Menace Out There

[Lane S. Wimberley]

I am in violent agreement with Mike on this (silly "I told you so"
aside).  Shoal Creek Blvd. is/was a pristine example of how compromise
and consensus can only benefit the majority.  Bikes will get screwed
for sure.

Re: fast bikes, paved trails, etc. -- am I the only one who has had
the pleasure of biking the Birke-Gilman trail in Seattle?

Re: 4th street -- This is the first I've heard of a commuter rail on
4th.  What is the status of that?  (Frankly, I wasn't even familiar
with any commuter rail plans, but then that's what I get for living
under a rock...)

-Lane

Mike Dahmus writes:
> Patrick Goetz wrote:
> 
> > I can understand this since, I too live in mortal fear of fast-moving 
> > bicycle traffic.  However, I do have an issue with this:
> >
> > "The debate, as well as a 197-signature petition delivered to city 
> > leaders by area residents, was enough to persuade the Austin City 
> > Council to hold off on the plan last month, saying the groups should 
> > seek a compromise."
> 
> 
> Shoal Creek, anyone?
> 
> Precedent, anyone?
> 
> Remember how unreasonable y'all thought I was being back then for not 
> wanting to negotiate with neighbors about a critical transportation 
> infrastructure project?
> 
> (change gears)
> 
> Why are we wasting time with stupid off-street paths like this, which 
> are even MORE likely to encounter this kind of numbskullery than are 
> on-street facilities, and doing it for the central city where conditions 
> are already fairly good, when, in the year 2004, there are still no bike 
> lanes of note in northwest Austin?
> 
> Anybody want to guess how much time Linda^H^H^H^H^HColly had to spend on 
> this nonsense?
> 
> By the way, for more hoots and hollers: Capital Metro's "subsidize Cedar 
> Park enough and they just might love us again" commuter rail line is 
> slated to stop east of the Convention Center. When asked how they plan 
> on getting people over to Seaholm where the "subsidize Round Rock enough 
> and Mike Krusee just might love us" line comes in, the answer was: 
> rebuild rail across downtown on 4th street.
> 
> Anybody know of anything else slated to go on 4th street downtown? Anybody?
> 
> - MD
> 
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