tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3187938628038410499.post4394812288917586089..comments2011-08-15T23:43:55.219-04:00bike Jaxhttps://plus.google.com/106821954321021336261[email protected]Blogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3187938628038410499.post-66430571438673069422011-08-15T23:21:51.736-04:002011-08-15T23:21:51.736-04:00@Emory - I hate riding on the side-walk. Most pedestrians will not move even if you ask them nicely. Also it has got to be the worse travel surface to ride on. I much prefer the roadway. I see no reason to ride on side-walks. Also when traffic is light I do ride in the traffic lanes over the Acosta. Honestly I see absolutely no reason to have 2 to 3 lanes of road just for cars. There should be 4 to 5 foot wide paths for bikes along with the side-walks. After all these bridges are down-town so what is the point of having that much auto-mobile traffic flow into 30 mph streets down-town. This city was designed all one sided and should be redesigned to accommodate liveable streets if this city wants to revitalize it's down-town areas. You cannot even cross the streets on foot without being at a sprint. Most lights do not last long enough to cross that many lanes safely. Anyway I am getting on my soapbox here but riding on side-walks is just crazy and is not safe at all for anyone after all I on my bike am averaging 15 to 17 mph and your running at maybe 10 while others are walking at 1 mph or just standing there with their headphones on texting this is a recipe for a disaster. I think the city can do much better than this.JohnnyKhttp://dragonsphere.myopenid.com/[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3187938628038410499.post-16807067943089216622011-08-15T12:14:39.775-04:002011-08-15T12:14:39.775-04:00As a cyclist and a runner ( I run across the bridges 2 times a week). I have been in both positions. I always thank the cyclists that warn me before the pass by. Being along the river is a nice part of Jacksonville and there is plenty of room for everyone if we all work together.Emoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16273931026322179667[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3187938628038410499.post-90506108889000562012011-08-15T11:23:48.133-04:002011-08-15T11:23:48.133-04:00I agree the city should make the roads more accessible to cyclist. If they would drop the speed limits to 30 or 35 crossing the bridges it would make it easier and hopefully safer for cyclist to just use the bridge like other vehicles. I personally take the Acosta since I work on Riverside and depending on the weather I will either ride with the traffic or use the emergency lanes which are nice and wide but I am always concerned that the police is going to pull me for driving in those lanes.JohnnyKhttp://dragonsphere.myopenid.com/[email protected]