tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514589635991570772.post5297588209339090393..comments2024-03-16T04:19:22.484-04:00Comments on Urban Simplicity: Sidewalks and StreetsJoe Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04896010205120222575noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514589635991570772.post-87732921982987865182010-09-13T05:26:54.563-04:002010-09-13T05:26:54.563-04:00Er... "My fist though"?
That should be ...Er... "My fist though"?<br /><br />That should be "My first thought..."<br /><br />Time for coffee...Andy in Germanyhttp://www,workbike.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514589635991570772.post-19271044372406336242010-09-13T05:25:53.660-04:002010-09-13T05:25:53.660-04:00My fist though was what a picturesque path, but I&...My fist though was what a picturesque path, but I'd hate to be a wheelchair user.<br /><br />Big Smile has summed up the local situation well: German drivers are rarely as aggressive to us as others. I tell people that after riding for years in the UK, Germany is a picnic. <br /><br />I don't ride on pavements, but sometimes it's hard to know if a pavement is a pavement, or a cycle lane (in which case we *have* to cycle on it in Germany)Andy in Germanyhttp://www.workbike.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514589635991570772.post-37035686686794011842010-09-12T21:42:36.768-04:002010-09-12T21:42:36.768-04:00Max, glad to hear you're transporting your kid...Max, glad to hear you're transporting your kids on the Mundo. I didn't get my Mundo until my son was a little older...he's 15 and would be horrified to be seen on the back of his dad's bike. <br /><br />I'm also starting to reconsider my cycle routes...the street I live on, for example, is one-way and I go the wrong way on it on a daily basis...I'm thinking of starting to go around the block to follow the rules. Maybe.Joehttp://citysimplicity.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514589635991570772.post-24781675891087056702010-09-12T14:38:32.611-04:002010-09-12T14:38:32.611-04:00It is ironic, and sad, that the most brilliant for...It is ironic, and sad, that the most brilliant form of mechanized transportion is so marginalized, and not embraced.<br /><br />I'm also typically an ardent road using cyclist, though since transporting my kids on the Mundo I too have found myself increasingly bending this rule. Not for great distances or anything, just as mini connectors between the safer sections. It's very saddening to feel so "designed-out" of an environment.<br /><br />MaxMaxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514589635991570772.post-34667685955477876742010-09-12T09:31:09.862-04:002010-09-12T09:31:09.862-04:00Same here. I'm a dog lover also, but never rea...Same here. I'm a dog lover also, but never really liked poodles...the little ones seem yappy and the big ones scare me a little.Joehttp://citysimplicity.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514589635991570772.post-50082581638222810732010-09-12T03:57:15.349-04:002010-09-12T03:57:15.349-04:00Well, it's true. Bicyclists are suppossed to d...Well, it's true. Bicyclists are suppossed to dematerialise. ;-) Car drivers want us out of the street and pedestrians want us out of the sidewalks.<br />The pedestrians are right, I think. Riding a bike on sidewalks is dangerous to pedestrians and to bicyclists as well. Cars will never expect a bicylist on the sidewalk, so they will hit you on every occasion your ways might cross. <br />As I said before: Dematerialise! ;-)<br /><br />Fortunately over here in Germany it is not that hard, to ride bicycles. But you can feel, the car drivers don't want you on the streets. But only very seldom the will really show that.<br /><br />When I read about the poodle, my first thought was: Maybe he would have attacked you as pedestrian as well.<br /><br />By the way, allthough I like dogs, I never liked poodles too much.the_big_smilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09134978592562433358noreply@blogger.com