BIKE: bikes against the world

[Byrnes, Rick]

So far as I can tell, TxDOT's policy towards bikes is that of total neglect.

I heard someone say that a bicycle advocate with TxDOT was responsible for
pushing through wide shoulders on FM 2770, past Buda towards CR 150.  If so,
that may be the only such case I know of.  
Roger, I agree with you that TxDOT does not provide shoulders for bikes.  I
believe wide shoulders on TxDOT roads are there as breakdown lanes or for
future expansion.  Examples of such expansion are the removal of shoulders
on FM 1431 between Round Rock and Cedar Park for center turn lanes, and
appropriation of the shoulders on Parmer Lane between IH-35 and FM 1431 for
use as left turn lanes.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	forum-bicycleaustin.info-bounces
> [SMTP:forum-bicycleaustin.info-bounces] On Behalf
> Of Roger Baker
> Sent:	Monday, October 04, 2004 9:42 AM
> To:	Austin Bikes
> Subject:	BIKE: bikes against the world
> 
> You got to stand up for your rights or you're gonna get peed on.
> 
> With respect to roads, TxDOT pretends that wide shoulders are all that 
> bikes need in terms of safety design. Wide shoulders make roads safer 
> for cars, and I suspect that this is more the reason that TxDOT likes 
> them than the benefits for bikers............
> 
> -- Roger
> 
>