tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post2075178149413330474..comments2024-03-28T14:04:01.556-07:00Comments on Midlife Cycling: What's Worse Than A Bad Bike Lane? Bad Bike Lane Regulation!Justine Valinottihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10852069587181432102noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post-44591012735268396922017-03-08T11:02:04.297-08:002017-03-08T11:02:04.297-08:00Kat--Great to see you here! I hope that you'r...Kat--Great to see you here! I hope that you're right when you say that the idea behind the bill is so crazy that it won't pass. <br /><br />"The land of 30 Days of Biking": I love it!Justine Valinottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852069587181432102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post-10100228429602763882017-03-07T17:43:14.000-08:002017-03-07T17:43:14.000-08:00I live in Minneapolis and am one of many local cyc...I live in Minneapolis and am one of many local cyclists who reached out to Mr. Q (I'm not giving him or his cosponsor Mr. H more publicity by typing their names) when this was initially proposed in January. To my knowledge he's replied to everyone that I've talked to. He proposed the idea based on **motorcycle law** (copy paste, really) with zero research, and my opinion, after reading many exchanges between him and fellow cyclists, is that he just presented something polarizing to get press. It worked! Needless to say his ideas have not gone over well here in the land of 30 Days of Biking! <br /><br />The bill is currently still "pending" for the Transportation Committee, but we're confident it won't go anywhere since there are too many racial and socioeconomic considerations aside from the sheer lunacy of the idea.<br /><br />P.S. I've read your blog off and on for years and adore your writings; I'm terrible at using a proper feed reader so it's always a nice surprise to find new posts :)kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17279689948620112593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post-21679417988456421112017-03-06T16:53:04.598-08:002017-03-06T16:53:04.598-08:00Steve--I didn't even think to look up Quam'...Steve--I didn't even think to look up Quam's non-legislative profession. That makes the bill all the more stunning in its wrongheadedness. <br /><br />I hope you're right when you say the bill "will surely quietly die in a committee as soon as people actually THINK about it."Justine Valinottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852069587181432102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post-70163074612767405362017-03-06T15:47:40.255-08:002017-03-06T15:47:40.255-08:00Like most such poorly conceived bills, put up by p...Like most such poorly conceived bills, put up by politicians of almost every imaginable ideology, this one will surely quietly die in a committee as soon as people actually THINK about it. The worst thing about THIS bill is that it is being proposed by an engineer. Hopefully, he's not a practicing engineer anymore, as such blather is a disgrace to the profession.Steve Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.com