[*BCM*] does this make sense

[John Kerr]

If we could develop "interstate" bike lanes along the highways, the way they
have in England, and, of course, the Netherlands (I biked along the highways
there from Rotterdam to Gouda to Utrecht), I think more people would
consider biking long term.  While a network of bike lanes spanning country
roads would be more ascetically pleasing, a highway grade (but kept in its
own seperated right of way) system would be ideal for easy access via bike,
even more so in the US where the interstates go through the city centers.
However, this would only work on a few highways on the east coast due to the
congested construction of our highways up here (could you imageing finding
roam on 90 for a seperated bike right of way...).  Long story short, its
another ideal world bike pipe dreams.

-John

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 7:03 AM, <tsmith4918 at aol.com> wrote:

> no, but those infernal skaters probably would use it....
> and it would be a lousy ride anyway sucking down exhaust and noise in rush
> hour.
> (there are stretches across the country where riding on the interstate is
> permitted since there are no frontage or alternate routes: direct route,
> nice highway grades for hills, and a wide bike lane/breakdown lane...but not
> pleasant)
> given a choice (where there is none):  put the money into creating space on
> local roads
>
>  If there was a bike lane in the median strip on 128 with ramps up to the
> cross roads, would it get used?
>
>
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
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> To: list at bostoncriticalmass.org
> Sent: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 7:47 pm
> Subject: [*BCM*] does this make sense
>
> If there was a bike lane in the median strip on 128 with ramps up to the
> cross roads, would it get used?   Would this be a worthwhile project?
> Simply riding past all the slow traffic during the commuting hours would be
> awesome!
> just daydreaming.....
> bikeequus
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