lordoflightaz
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I think riding on bike paths is ok. It is a bike first. Where I live the streets that should have bike lanes don't, (anyone that knows Phoenix, I am talking about Bell Rd as an example.) so I use the sidewalk so that I get to live. If I know that I can move over 1/2 a mile or use a bike path I will. What I consider when doing this is that I am now the one that has to take the MOST care since I do have the advantage of a motor assist and always yield to pedestrians.
What I find rather funny is that as I go tearing down a sidewalk at a screaming 15 mph, pedestrians can't hear me coming up behind them. I think my bike is rather loud. I don't have a horn so I often have to slow to a dead stop and say"excuse me, can I get past?"
FYI, Phoenix was originally designed by civil engineers the major roads are 1 mile apart going north/south and east/west. Almost in every case there is a secondary way that is 1/2 mile between these. I tend to travel those secondaries, but most don't go under the freeway. It is almost impossible to get lost if you know the names of the presidents (all the downtown streets were named after presidents up to Grant.). are and can count to 100. Avenues are west of Central Ave, Streets are east of Central. (There were rules for Lane, Drive as Ever wonder why there is a road called "Baseline"? That is what it is the "Base Line" for the grid.
What I find rather funny is that as I go tearing down a sidewalk at a screaming 15 mph, pedestrians can't hear me coming up behind them. I think my bike is rather loud. I don't have a horn so I often have to slow to a dead stop and say"excuse me, can I get past?"
FYI, Phoenix was originally designed by civil engineers the major roads are 1 mile apart going north/south and east/west. Almost in every case there is a secondary way that is 1/2 mile between these. I tend to travel those secondaries, but most don't go under the freeway. It is almost impossible to get lost if you know the names of the presidents (all the downtown streets were named after presidents up to Grant.). are and can count to 100. Avenues are west of Central Ave, Streets are east of Central. (There were rules for Lane, Drive as Ever wonder why there is a road called "Baseline"? That is what it is the "Base Line" for the grid.