[*BCM*] Scooters in the bike lanes

[Anne Wolfe]

Doesn't this seem to imply that there's some kind of leader to accept or
reject a scooter or anything else?  Because that runs entirely counter to
everything CM stands for.

On 26/09/2007, Jeremy Chase <jeremychase at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I have to agree in that a scooter wouldn't be accepted at a CM event.
> Any logical CMer knows that a scooter is a much better alternative to
> a car, but the far left are going to disagree with anything you do if
> it isn't pedal power.
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> I believe scooters are a great alternative, but as a cyclist I don't
> like them using the bike lanes. I do, however, like scooters far more
> than cars double parked in the bike lane, and I would much rather see
> 10 scooters roll by than 10 cars.
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> Jeremy
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> On 9/24/07, Zarkauskas, John A <JAZarkauskas at statestreet.com> wrote:
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> > Primarily because the e-mails I have seen appear to be in favor of the
> > exclusion of mopeds or scooters rather than suggesting that they could
> > coexist with bikes….
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> > and why do you think it would not be well recieved at Critical Mass?
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> > In a message dated 9/24/2007 3:39:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > JAZarkauskas at StateStreet.com writes:
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> > I feel that if we continue to seek more laws to protect us, we likely
> end up
> > with more laws that will exclude us as well. Every day, law abiding,
> safe
> > drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians have accidents with other law
> abiding,
> > safe drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. I'm sure we could reduce these
> > accidents by introducing more laws to segregate us by modes of
> > transportation and then by speed and then by size etc, etc…..  but the
> > results may be less than desirable as bikes get relegated to bike paths
> and
> > lanes and prohibited from everyplace else….
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> > If I had a moped or scooter, I would like to think that I could ride it
> at a
> > Critical Mass event. I doubt that would be well-accepted but why not see
> it
> > as an improvement over other modes of transportation as opposed to an
> > affront to the bicyclist?
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