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Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-06-22, 06:42 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,988
Posted By UniChris

Eye of the beholder, I'd covet one of those...

Eye of the beholder, I'd covet one of those garages to store and work on my bikes. The lack of that sort of unfinished space is exactly what's wrong with where I am now, and while I'll ultimately...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-05-22, 08:49 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,988
Posted By UniChris

Uh, nope. It doesn't exist because that land is...

Uh, nope. It doesn't exist because that land is worth too much.

Upzone it, and you see either demolish and rebuild units that developers can profit from, which are premium - a fair chunk of a...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-05-22, 07:59 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,988
Posted By UniChris

No, you wrote those words but you did not mean...

No, you wrote those words but you did not mean them - in reality you continued to ignore the facts and make false claims based in emotion rather than reality.



Nothing could be further from the...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-05-22, 05:35 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,988
Posted By UniChris

If you're going to continue to insist on ignoring...

If you're going to continue to insist on ignoring the facts, and throw up your hands emotionally when called on your falsehoods, then indeed, it's best you leave thread.

There was in fact a...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-05-22, 02:58 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,988
Posted By UniChris

You made that correction only today - after not...

You made that correction only today - after not admitting the error when I quoted what you originally said numerous previous times as an example of the absurdity of your expectation. It seems like...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-05-22, 10:40 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,988
Posted By UniChris

I didn't "conflate" anything - you posted:...

I didn't "conflate" anything - you posted: "Drivers need to feel unsafe at 20kph"

If you're going to insist on oddly using the metric system in a country which doesn't use it for such purposes,...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-03-22, 12:06 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,988
Posted By UniChris

The fundamental problem with bicycles, is that we...

The fundamental problem with bicycles, is that we can go from being visually occluded by roadside obstacles, to right in the way, far too quickly.

That's why pedestrian style design doesn't work...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-02-22, 09:22 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,988
Posted By UniChris

When you have 10 times the density, indeed, you...

When you have 10 times the density, indeed, you have an entirely different transit planning problem! Look at the tiny distances people in the Netherlands are bike commuting, then look at where people...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-02-22, 08:28 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,988
Posted By UniChris

You exercised good strategy Now you're...

You exercised good strategy



Now you're making a a gigantic mistake of invalid logic.

Yes, there is a component of random risk in the world - you can do everything right, and be killed in...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-01-22, 11:08 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,988
Posted By UniChris

Given your ignorance of reality, you should have...

Given your ignorance of reality, you should have removed yourself from the conversation long ago, as you had nothing meaningful to say.

Every fact that's surfaced in this discussion has turned out...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-01-22, 10:48 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,988
Posted By UniChris

Finally! We agree that trying to build alongside...

Finally! We agree that trying to build alongside a road, rather than create de-confliction space as an integral part of it, is destined to fail!

Reality is that simple - either you understand...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-01-22, 07:36 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,988
Posted By UniChris

And that is exactly why you don't want to be...

And that is exactly why you don't want to be building segregated routes which send through bicycles on the deadly mistaken curb side of turning traffic!
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-01-22, 07:30 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,988
Posted By UniChris

Parties who are have acted in accordance with the...

Parties who are have acted in accordance with the law are not getting "let off"

Rather, the rule of law (the most basic human right) is that you cannot charge someone who has not broken a law.
...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-01-22, 07:10 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,988
Posted By UniChris

On further research, it turns that if one is...

On further research, it turns that if one is trying to reach Wagner Pond (as the child reportedly was) there actually is a proper, efficient, and safe way to do it, which was first made clear on the...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-01-22, 06:27 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,988
Posted By UniChris

There are two facts of basic reality here: ...

There are two facts of basic reality here:

First, the driver had the right of way. There is no crosswalk, marked, or unmarked, so a person wishing to cross the street on foot must look for and...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-01-22, 06:15 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,988
Posted By UniChris

It's a sure sign you've checked out of reality...

It's a sure sign you've checked out of reality when you literally re-post another verbatim copy of your already comprehensively debunked nonsense...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-01-22, 05:58 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,988
Posted By UniChris

That, indeed, is how you use a bicycle safely. ...

That, indeed, is how you use a bicycle safely.

It starts with following the actual laws, for example recognizing when one must yield the right of way to another road user

It continues to...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-01-22, 05:21 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,988
Posted By UniChris

When you've claimed that you target is 20 kph...

When you've claimed that you target is 20 kph (12.4 mph) indeed, your goal of 12.4 mph is absurd for the scale of american geography. I can pretty much guarantee that even the parents of the victim...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-01-22, 01:40 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,988
Posted By UniChris

You continue to prove that you do not know how to...

You continue to prove that you do not know how to safely ride a bike (or apparently even safely walk on a sidewalk) in the environment in which your profile claims you live.

But this forum is...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-01-22, 10:49 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,988
Posted By UniChris

No, the child died failing to follow the basic...

No, the child died failing to follow the basic rule all children are taught: look before crossing the place where traffic is.

Children who cannot yet reliably follow such rule should not be...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-01-22, 01:07 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,988
Posted By UniChris

On the contrary, I ride all over the place on...

On the contrary, I ride all over the place on streets that are wonderful for cycling.

The ones that aren't are those that are:

A) Too narrow to begin with

or

B) Were wide enough, but were...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
09-30-22, 12:14 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,988
Posted By UniChris

Your argument is with reality then. The fact...

Your argument is with reality then.

The fact is that the world is not safe for children who do not look before crossing the street to cross streets without supervision.

There's a reason there's...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
09-30-22, 11:54 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,988
Posted By UniChris

There are countless aspects of the world which...

There are countless aspects of the world which are quite safe when used according to their rules of usage, and quite dangerous when used otherwise. We don't permit children to access those parts...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
09-30-22, 11:27 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,988
Posted By UniChris

On the contrary, the solution to road safety is...

On the contrary, the solution to road safety is most definitely NOT TAKING AWAY THE VERY SPACE ON WHICH CYCLIST RELY.

But it's good that you brought up the "baits into a false sense of security"...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
09-30-22, 10:55 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,988
Posted By UniChris

Narrowing streets, adidng curb bumpouts, etc...

Narrowing streets, adidng curb bumpouts, etc unfortunately makes cycling in safe cooperation with other traffic much harder.

And "limiting visibily" is exactly what you do if you're purposely...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
09-30-22, 08:04 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,988
Posted By UniChris

What is 8 year old bicycle speed? We can't know...

What is 8 year old bicycle speed? We can't know how fast the victim was going at this time, but my very current experience riding with 8 year olds is that they go anywhere from 5 to 14 mph, depending...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
09-29-22, 07:37 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 3,988
Posted By UniChris

This is obviously a tragedy, but to say anything...

This is obviously a tragedy, but to say anything meaningful about it, we need to know the actual details and timing of what happened, and consider them in light of the relevant actual laws.
...
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