Comments on: St. Charles County, the Morning After http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2010/07/st-charles-county-the-morning-after/ Blog for bikeleague Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:03:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sarah Raz http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2010/07/st-charles-county-the-morning-after/comment-page-1/#comment-33018 Sarah Raz Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:38:39 +0000 http://www.bikeleague.org/blog/?p=3083#comment-33018 Share the road. Share the road.

]]> By: BadNews http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2010/07/st-charles-county-the-morning-after/comment-page-1/#comment-33011 BadNews Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:05:20 +0000 http://www.bikeleague.org/blog/?p=3083#comment-33011 khal's fear are real. The Council has no interest in lowering speed limits and it will take years at best before shoulders can be funded... and then it may be difficult to reestablish cycling rights. St Charles is a chartered county and thus may be able to control users' rights no matter what MoDOT policies suggests. The attitude that "bikes belong on trails only" is a slippery slope but is a very common attitude in Missouri. What's not being shown in the Show Me state is how the area has been taken over by irresponsible drivers who spend too much time at the numerous local wineries-bars and drive home at speeds that greatly exceed the 55 mph limit. khal’s fear are real. The Council has no interest in lowering speed limits and it will take years at best before shoulders can be funded… and then it may be difficult to reestablish cycling rights. St Charles is a chartered county and thus may be able to control users’ rights no matter what MoDOT policies suggests.

The attitude that “bikes belong on trails only” is a slippery slope but is a very common attitude in Missouri. What’s not being shown in the Show Me state is how the area has been taken over by irresponsible drivers who spend too much time at the numerous local wineries-bars and drive home at speeds that greatly exceed the 55 mph limit.

]]> By: khal spencer http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2010/07/st-charles-county-the-morning-after/comment-page-1/#comment-33010 khal spencer Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:34:26 +0000 http://www.bikeleague.org/blog/?p=3083#comment-33010 From the Fox TV segment, it appears that the argument given is these are shoulderless roads and cannot be shared safely. That gives me the shudders, as such an argument could apply to many of the roads in Northern New Mexico or for that matter, expanded to suggest that roads without specialized bicycling accomodations (bike lanes, paths, or wide shoulders) shall not be ridden on. And given the economic situation we are in, we could be in for a long wait before they are built. Such scare tactics have to be refuted. From the Fox TV segment, it appears that the argument given is these are shoulderless roads and cannot be shared safely. That gives me the shudders, as such an argument could apply to many of the roads in Northern New Mexico or for that matter, expanded to suggest that roads without specialized bicycling accomodations (bike lanes, paths, or wide shoulders) shall not be ridden on. And given the economic situation we are in, we could be in for a long wait before they are built.

Such scare tactics have to be refuted.

]]> By: khal spencer http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2010/07/st-charles-county-the-morning-after/comment-page-1/#comment-33009 khal spencer Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:18:37 +0000 http://www.bikeleague.org/blog/?p=3083#comment-33009 Good TV clip here. http://www.fox2now.com/news/ktvi-st-charles-bike-ban-071210,0,4986396.story Good TV clip here.

http://www.fox2now.com/news/ktvi-st-charles-bike-ban-071210,0,4986396.story

]]> By: Ginny Sullivan http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2010/07/st-charles-county-the-morning-after/comment-page-1/#comment-33005 Ginny Sullivan Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:56:03 +0000 http://www.bikeleague.org/blog/?p=3083#comment-33005 Watch for more info http://bit.ly/bBQuFC Watch for more info http://bit.ly/bBQuFC

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