[nagdu] Bicyclists!

[Mark J. Cadigan]

The city of Boston encourages bike riding. They even have kiosks that you 
can rent bikes from. Add this to peddle cabs, and you have lots of bikes to 
dodge.



J-walking is just a part of life ware I live. Everyone does it, and cars 
expect it. I personally don't do it often, unless I know it's a quiet side 
street, but even worse than J-walking is walking along the side of the 
street, hear in down town Boston, some of the streets are so narrow that the 
sidewalks are obstructed by light post, old hitching rails, planters, 
overhangs ETC. trying to navigate this gives my dog a workout. Also, we have 
the world's worst drivers. NYC may give them a run for the money, but still.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Bicyclists!


>I think somewhere in my county recently had a pedestrian safety campaign. 
>The police educated pedestrians about the dangers of jay-walking, and 
>drivers about looking out for pedestrians.  Seems like a good idea to me.
> I think part of the campaign was tickets, and part was PSA's in the paper 
> and on the radio.
> It seems screwy that your county wouldn't try to do something about 
> pedestrian safety.
> Tracy
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ken Ace" <ken at acenovels.com>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 12:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Bicyclists!
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>
>> Thank you Tracy, I will take your advice and see if I can get something
>> started. Our county had more Pedestrian deaths than any other County in 
>> the
>> Country and yet the authorities will not give tickets for J-walking 
>> because,
>> I assume, they don't want to discourage tourism. However it has to stare
>> somewhere so I will take up the mantle and see what I can do. I'll keep 
>> you
>> posted.
>> Thanks again,
>> Ken & Ace
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 11:31 AM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Bicyclists!
>>
>> Ben and I occasionally get traffic checks from bicyclists running a red
>> light.  Good boy, Benny!
>> Sometimes we also get overtaken by a bicyclist on the sidewalk, but 
>> usually
>> they are polite enough to let me know they're coming so I can get out of 
>> the
>> way.
>>
>> New York City tries to educate bicyclists to not ride on the sidewalk, to 
>> be
>> careful of pedestrians, and to obey traffic laws.  Part of the campaign
>> involves careless riders getting ticketed by the cops.  Ken, maybe you 
>> could
>> speak to your police or city council about such an education campaign? 
>> It
>> really is very rude and careless of bike riders to come so close to a
>> pedestrian.
>> Tracy
>>
>>> The only real reoccurring problem I have while out and about is with
>>> people on bicycles. Half the time they scare the heck out of me or
>>> brush the dog and I. I know it is safer for them to use the sidewalk
>>> but it is a "SIDEWALK" not a "SIDERIDE". Is anyone else experiencing
>>> this problem or is this unique to my area?
>>>
>>> Ken & Ace
>>>
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