In Edina, where only one street out of 260 miles of roadways has a designated bike lane, Denise Watson knows which routes are more bicycle-friendly.
Bike lanes and links to trails are some of the measures that leaders in Edina and other cities are considering to help cyclists.
By Mary Jane Smetanka, Star Tribune
Last update: July 22, 2007 – 8:01 PM
Full Story: http://www.startribune.com/462/story/131...
Anne Lusk of Harvard's School of Public Health has a startling -- many
would say quixotic -- ambition for America's cities. She'd like to
equip them all with cycle tracks.
Cycle tracks? Does she mean the painted buffer lane for bikes you see on some streets? No!
Those lanes are easily blocked by vehicles attempting to park. And they
leave cyclists within inches of fast cars and monster trucks; if
there's any error, you know who get hurts, often badly.
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