Maybe you don’t ride during commute hours, but there are more bicycles on that road when I’m riding home than anywhere else on my route going South. Could be just people training for racing but it’s sure nice.

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You have to be super careful crossing tracks like that when they are wet. They are almost as slick as wet leaves.

This generation of Street cars could have been better if the city had bothered to listen to the folks who told them that Portland ran them down the middle of the street. And that was before they installed those killer tracks. I’m not hopeful that they have learned anything.

Also I don’t know about you but I don’t refer riding in mixed traffic. Yes it isn’t bad if cars are going the same speed as bicylist but that only really happens on “main street” or neighborhood streets. Lake washington blvd is much better than many streets but that isn’t were tons of people bicycle for everyday needs.

Contraflow bicycle lanes are great and ened to be used more often.

The basis of this measurement is flawed. It doesn’t matter how much BTU’s a pedestrian or a bicycle rider consumes. They are using carbon that was just in the air only a year or less ago. And they are returning it right back. Things that burn fossil fuel are returning carbon to the system that was captured millions of years ago. The recapture rate isn’t fast enough to keep up with the additional load from fossil fuel.

Street cars and Pedestrians, that’s a win. I like the San Fransisco cable car version where you just let people hang onto the outside of the thing. Speeds up loading/unloading incredibly.

Bicycles and cars are fine as long as the car speeds are close to the bicycle speeds. Lake Washington Blvd works pretty well. And Eugene & Berkley with the one way except for bicycle roads are exceptionally nice for bicycles.

I’m all in favor of eliminating about half the bus stops–just not the ones closest to my home, work, or favorite businesses. :)