Comments on: Why Cycle Dallas will never get a link on our blogroll

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:11:48 +0000

http://cycledallas.blogspot.com/2011/10/reality-of-delay-preston-road-at-rush.html

By: lokaty w bankach

lokaty w bankach — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:18:24 +0000

Raiden is amazing

By: Annie

Annie — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:54:07 +0000

I’m pretty much terrified to ride on the streets in Dallas, other than a few residential ones and even those are getting more dangerous for bikers. People in their cars talking on their cell phones and doing their make-up in the mirror are doing good to see the car in front of them, much less a bike. I would ride to work if we had bike lanes. Dallas isn’t even pedestrian-friendly in many places. Try walking down Preston road south from Keller Springs to Belt Line. There is no sidewalk and barely room to walk even in the grass.

By: Making our streets places for humans, not just cars | Austin Bike Blog

Making our streets places for humans, not just cars | Austin Bike Blog — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:25:52 +0000

[...] at the expense of bike lanes and other infrastructure. I’m taking about people like the Dallas Bicycle Coordinator, whom some people think we have a vendetta against. Yes, bikes can occupy the same spaces as cars [...]

By: The Latest Safety Hazard: Bicycles! | Austin Bike Blog

The Latest Safety Hazard: Bicycles! | Austin Bike Blog — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:45:00 +0000

[...] WTF? Airlines are starting to charge for bikes even if the fold into normal sized luggage, the Dallas bike coordinator is anti-bike lane of any kind, and now this! Never mind that cars are the real safety hazard in this [...]

By: Eliot

Eliot — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:16:01 +0000

Marcus – There are a myriad of reasons why people in the DFW metroplex do not cycle for transportation. Marked lanes do not beget cyclists. Austin has the wonderful benefit of a large university centrally located and a health-conscious population. DFW is plagued by suburbs in the far reaches that do not build roads that are bicycle friendly no matter how you look at it. How cycle friendly is Round Rock? It looks to me about as cycle friendly as Plano or Frisco (not much). People in Dallas, sadly, do not live close to their work. We often live 30 minutes to an hour drive from work in parts of the town cross-sectioned by massive freeways with horrible interchanges. Cycling lanes cannot improve those situations.

David – Then don’t take his blog seriously. Go take John Forester’s website a look instead: http://www.johnforester.com/ . I really enjoy reading PM’s blog and find his humor to be a bright spot in my day. His blog is not an official blog of any sort and does not say anything about his professional career.

Thanks for letting me pitch into the conversation! Be safe out there!

By: David

David — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:06:41 +0000

I don’t know why anyone is taking this guy seriously. His blog is one long sarcastic internet troll. (Exmaples: the contortionist joke, the t-shirt joke.) People like him are poisonous to reasoned public discourse and clear thought. What’s worse is he’s obviously not paying attention to plentiful amounts of information that contradict his stance.

Someone in his position should not be trash-talking like a 15-year old on his public blog. If I posted the way he did in a way that could be connected back to my company, I’d be fired. He should be too.

By: marcus

marcus — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:23:51 +0000

Well Eliot, I guess that’s why Dallas has such a high percentage of cyclists.

By: Eliot

Eliot — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:21:14 +0000

Sirs – it would behoove you to read through some of PM’s very calm and reasonable information before pulling his quotes out of context. PM is very pro-cyclist as transportation, and is not an elitist. You’ve read him completely wrong.

I used to think that cycle lanes were the miracle that Dallas needed, but after reading through John Forester’s extremely detailed and interesting information (“Cyclists fare best when they act, and are treated, as the drivers of other vehicles.”) and watching some of Keri Caffrey’s fantastic tutorial videos (http://www.commuteorlando.com/), I have been moved to understand that lanes are not the answer we seek.

If you think that bicycle lanes protect you, please look no further than the very deadly accidents that have been happening this year in the “best” bicycle city–Portland.

Cycling safety comes from better education and practice, not paint stripes that make you think that you are safe.

Another key factor for me has been realizing the difference between transportation and recreation. PM’s blog and position in government is for developing transportation, not recreational facilities. As cyclists, we often confuse the two functions.

By: City of Dallas Hates People With Two Wheels. « Me vs.

City of Dallas Hates People With Two Wheels. « Me vs. — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:52:06 +0000

[...] Mr. Summer has some serious irrational issues. Bike lanes, aside from keeping motor vehicles cautious, promote biking. Any cyclist tackling the commute home at night will tell you that riding in the trees on the sidewalk is a slow, dangerous process. Bike lanes allow sharing of the road, especially in sectors of the city where driving is almost absurd. The more bike lanes we have, the more bikers we’ll attract. And biking is always safer in groups. >> via Austin Bike Blog [...]