tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post7523435871060286285..comments2024-03-28T06:21:34.602-06:00Comments on twin city sidewalks: Reading the Highland Villager Op-Ed Extra #11Bill Lindekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373780012930618768noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-55996002404298579862017-01-04T13:15:39.216-06:002017-01-04T13:15:39.216-06:00Elizabeth... as a dad who occasionally bikes with ...Elizabeth... as a dad who occasionally bikes with his kids, I can attest that one must yell louder than you'd think to communicate with the riders in the pack... particularly the ones behind you. Turning you head backwards to speak can be a bit dangerous, so volume is your friend. So I can see why you'd think it's odd.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05825047915842532408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-65563333819937210812016-10-13T11:18:04.295-06:002016-10-13T11:18:04.295-06:00Froggie -- the Highland Villager, like many reside...Froggie -- the Highland Villager, like many residents of Highland Park, is stuck in an era where the internet does not exist and those darned kids stay off your lawn and bicycles have banana seats and baseball cards stuck in the spokes. Bill's reblogging of the Villager is yeoman's work and is about as close as you can get to an "official" online copy of the Villager .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-73229839985016997512016-10-13T10:25:40.389-06:002016-10-13T10:25:40.389-06:00I guess being a cyclist means you must not own a c...I guess being a cyclist means you must not own a car -- and pay for roads via its registration & fuel taxes. The world is so much simpler when everything is black & white. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-86370295488382251292016-10-13T10:11:17.121-06:002016-10-13T10:11:17.121-06:00Love your articles on our fair city! As a biking...Love your articles on our fair city! As a biking proponent, can you provide some insight/suggestion on a biking issue we encounter almost daily? We walk a few miles daily on Summit Avenue, our neighborhood, fairly early in the morning (usually between 5 and 7 am.) We share the sidewalk with runners and fellow walkers, sometimes in pairs, like us. There are few cars and bikes on the street at that hour, meaning it is attractively quiet, but we commonly encounter pairs of bikers who are screaming. I understand that to make each other heard above their own road noise, and the wind, they must need to raise their voices, unlike us, who can speak very quietly to each other walking along. The bikers are not calling out directions or warnings, but rather conversing about the same inconsequentials we are (quietly) discussing as we walk. I know what the bikers are saying, because I have to hear them. I am not eavesdropping, and would rather not hear their conversation, but they are passing right by and SCREAMING at each other, while riding through a very quiet and still sleeping neighborhood. The runners are not screaming. The walkers are not screaming. The bikers are screaming. The noise level is, as one might expect, magnified when a peloton of screamers, I mean, bikers, comes through. Any way to suggest that the thoughtful biker might stop yelling early in the morning in a residential neighborhood?Elizabeth Snelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06753675165483140961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-27410794282145803522016-10-13T06:35:28.333-06:002016-10-13T06:35:28.333-06:00I've got a copy headed out to the recycling th...I've got a copy headed out to the recycling this morning. It's only print.seanrichardryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09901845991595531739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-85853529131830975922016-10-13T05:56:32.157-06:002016-10-13T05:56:32.157-06:00Link to the original article?Link to the original article?Froggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12843594625467349428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-16501466591564054382016-10-13T05:34:03.635-06:002016-10-13T05:34:03.635-06:00Another small government conservative for more law...Another small government conservative for more laws!Chuckdamagenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-18409613275915205412016-10-12T20:26:37.443-06:002016-10-12T20:26:37.443-06:00All these things, and also this cat fart of a poli...All these things, and also this cat fart of a policy proposal would most severely impact those who rely on biking out of necessity. And an unenforceable law begs to be enforced unevenly. And that means even more points of conflict between police officers and people of color.<br /><br />But it's never gonna happen, so it's not worth getting too bent out of shape about, I suppose.Annanoreply@blogger.com