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lukethedrifter wrote:

Fat_Bulldog wrote:

lukethedrifter wrote:Sometimes I let my temper get the best of me. Last summer this a*hole came up behind me on S Broadway and just laid on the horn completely unprovoked- aside from the fact that I was interfering with his God given right to the whole damn road. Well, I lost it and chased his ass down at the next light and was getting ready to pull him out of his vehicle- very, very bad idea, I know- when the chicken [expletive] coward took off, afraid of the guy on the bicycle in his funny tight clothes.

I'm not going to do that anymore what with the proliferation of guns in this country and also that I don't want to go to jail for assault.

I would have kicked your [expletive] cycling ass into next year.

Yeah, I don't think so. I would have ripped your fat [expletive] ears off and fed them to you. You'd have eaten them.

Chicago’s very first walled-off bike lane is headed to the Fulton River District, after a swift push from Mayor Rahm Emanuel kicked the project into gear in a matter of days.

The new bike lanes, called a cycle track, are being installed on Kinzie Street between Milwaukee Avenue and Wells Street, connecting two of the busiest bike routes in the city.

The idea is to create a designated bike path that’s protected both from car traffic and from the dangers of parked cars and their doors, by designating a route that’s separated from both.

G. Keenan wrote:Niiiiice

Chicago’s very first walled-off bike lane is headed to the Fulton River District, after a swift push from Mayor Rahm Emanuel kicked the project into gear in a matter of days.

The new bike lanes, called a cycle track, are being installed on Kinzie Street between Milwaukee Avenue and Wells Street, connecting two of the busiest bike routes in the city.

The idea is to create a designated bike path that’s protected both from car traffic and from the dangers of parked cars and their doors, by designating a route that’s separated from both.

JackofDiamonds wrote:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzE-IMaegzQ&][/youtube]

MrSaigon wrote:You guys will be fascinated to know that the new downtown Portland punk bicycle culture is riding toddlers' bikes.

ZURICH — While American cities are synchronizing green lights to improve traffic flow and offering apps to help drivers find parking, many European cities are doing the opposite: creating environments openly hostile to cars. The methods vary, but the mission is clear — to make car use expensive and just plain miserable enough to tilt drivers toward more environmentally friendly modes of transportation.

G. Keenan wrote:Semi-related, should make some people here good and angry:

Across Europe, Irking Drivers Is Urban Policy

ZURICH — While American cities are synchronizing green lights to improve traffic flow and offering apps to help drivers find parking, many European cities are doing the opposite: creating environments openly hostile to cars. The methods vary, but the mission is clear — to make car use expensive and just plain miserable enough to tilt drivers toward more environmentally friendly modes of transportation.