Re: Colorado - Banned bike routes requires alternate routes

Bravo Jon.

And bring the family for fun filled quality time.  Of course mom and dad
maybe spending sometime in the Casinos to.
I wonder why their smart marketing people have not thought of that yet.

Dan

On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Jon Meinecke <[email protected]> wrote:

> > On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 11:50 PM, MH <hoagy-OlwQ/[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > "What would happen when a large bus swerves to avoid a bicycle and is
> > forced into oncoming traffic coming from the opposite direction?" he
> said.
> > "The city of Black Hawk is unwilling to find out."
>
> I did a Google Street view tour of Black Hawk main drag...
> It doesn't look like a high-speed thruway and there are
> signs that say yield to pedestrians... Just not slow down
> for bikes, I guess.
>
> >From the satellite view, it looks like well less than a couple of
> miles of bike paths could create an alternative route.  At $50,000
> or less per mile, that's chicken feed for the casinos...  Multiuse
> paths could even be a marketing asset.
>
> Jon
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