Comments on: Hello, criminal!

By: Neighborhood tours « west north

Neighborhood tours « west north — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 21:23:10 +0000

[...] from Milwaukee writes that, on average, it’s drivers, not bicyclists, who are the scofflaw criminals on city streets: Get ready for a big shock, but the fact is that people riding bikes are more [...]

By: John

John — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:59:20 +0000

Of course more people sleep in beds than ride bicycles, so just looking at the total number of deaths doesn’t adequately compare the risks. It is funny though.

By: “Scofflaws?” Scoff. « west north

“Scofflaws?” Scoff. « west north — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:18:05 +0000

[...] by payton Something else, posted as comment on Chris Swope’s Urban Notebook, in the vein of several other [...]

By: Link dump « west north

Link dump « west north — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:28:23 +0000

[...] “an armistice” between cyclists and drivers. Valiant, but still seems a touch “car-headed,” considering he talked to a major ER’s chairman who said he’s seeing “more [...]

By: payton

payton — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:29:31 +0000

TheWashCycle has a great post on this topic. "Hello? Kettle? You're Black!" First off, drivers' compliance with stop signs is less than 50%. Then there's this story: "As a college professor told it to me, 'On a campus, campus planners laid out the sidewalk to a building in the shape of an L. Students ignored the sidewalk to walk along the hypotenuse wearing a path in the grass. The school planted hedges to "guide" them. Students cut a rut through them. The school put up a fence. Students climbed over it until the fence broke. Fed up, the school got an architect to design a fix. She tore up the old sidewalk and laid another new one along the path. Problem solved.' [...] The way to end jaybiking violations is to decriminalize them." Here's Lee Watkins' succinct way of summing up the history of traffic laws: "The purpose of all the traffic lights, signs, and lines - is to prevent CARS from running into everything else."

By: Who’s really at fault « west north

Who’s really at fault « west north — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:34:13 +0000

[...] biotic bicycle, car culture The ordinance whose introduction by Daley gave rise to “Hello, Criminal” made its way through the legislative apparatus. The Tribune apparently thought it wise to [...]

By: paytonc

paytonc — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:51:38 +0000

You mean signs like this? I should ask my alderman for some of those. Or just buy some already. Mr. Coca-Cola, it showed up on the web site. Didn't submit it to "Voice of the People," since as far as I can tell, Washburn's original story didn't make it into print.

By: daver

daver — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:42:10 +0000

The crosswalk one just kills me. Here in Milwaukee we’ve taken to putting these collapsible signs in the middle of crosswalks to clue drivers in that they need to stop, but as a pedestrian you still need to jump into the intersection to get their attention.

By: PJS

PJS — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:51:00 +0000

well said Payton, I didn’t see it published, I assume it wasn’t?

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:32:24 +0000

Bravo.