BIKE: cool slots

[Fred Meredith]

Okay, I guess I never noticed them. Probably because I don't ride on 
the sidewalk when I'm downtown.

Fred Meredith

At 12:19 PM -0600 3/15/05, Patrick Goetz wrote:
>No, he's not.  There's no way a wheelchair could get up those ramps 
>-- they are only about a foot wide and cut into the streetside of 
>the curb.  These were clearly designed for bicycles and are 
>incredibly cool and incredibly useful, as I use them every time I 
>bike across the Congress Ave. bridge.  Since being cool and useful 
>is now strictly illegal, no one would ever be allowed to implement 
>anything like this again.  I'm sure they're not ASHTO compliant, for 
>example.
>
>
>Fred Meredith wrote:
>>You aren't referring to wheelchair curb cuts are you? Those are 
>>required by law, and not for bicycles.
>>
>>Fred Meredith
>>
>>At 3:09 PM -0800 3/14/05, Richard Ryan wrote:
>>
>>Hi Jon:  Sorry about your incident.  You were in the "right" and 
>>the driver was obviously in the wrong, but I must admit I always 
>>use the sidewalk on the Congress Ave Bridge for no other reason 
>>than those incredibly cool slots at the north end of the bridge 
>>that are perfect little bike tire ramps.
>
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