tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post1542857704416139501..comments2024-01-05T11:00:30.673-06:00Comments on DFW Point-to-Point: Respectfully MeaninglessSteve Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-6434622150704637892012-08-02T18:28:54.469-05:002012-08-02T18:28:54.469-05:00Rantwick, your statement was MUCH worse than one I...Rantwick, your statement was MUCH worse than one I made before an advocate who accused me of ridiculing - in a public email. I'm almost surprised I wasn't hauled up on charges of hate speech. Of course, BMUFL versus "share the road" is even MORE controversial. Perhaps it is my Canadian side, but I like y'all's "single file." My own view - since you can't put sharrows everywhere and since you don't always want to ride at the tips of the points, about the best I can say for them is that they keep people at paint companies employed. Around my parts - like Chandra, there are no sharrows which might partly explain my lack of fervor for their details. Certainly, I see no point to the sharrow in this post's photo...Steve Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-11606225559207043592012-08-02T09:00:38.947-05:002012-08-02T09:00:38.947-05:00Pffft. Sharrows. Whatever.
How was that for disre...Pffft. Sharrows. Whatever.<br /><br />How was that for <i>disrespect?</i> It's something I've been working on. Seems to me the problem with sharrows is that you shold put them Everywhere or Nowhere. I don't want nobody thinkin' I should go ride on Sharrow street instead of on "theirs"...RANTWICKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394479078513545568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-66520116299867251572012-08-02T05:40:12.536-05:002012-08-02T05:40:12.536-05:00Mark - BMUFL and AASHTO are things advocates like ...Mark - BMUFL and AASHTO are things advocates like to argue about, along with lots of other acronyms. FTR is different and will get a post of its own. In the meantime, I do an update to reduce that little bit of mystery.Steve Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-91658376681093124322012-08-01T22:47:58.608-05:002012-08-01T22:47:58.608-05:00Nice find! There aren't any sharrows near my h...Nice find! There aren't any sharrows near my home, but I believe there are a few in Historic Irving. I find sharrows confusing. I prefer riding vehicularly, in the lane, where I belong.<br /><br />Peace :)GreenComotionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11272116464292908327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-69450031680451078862012-08-01T21:27:48.586-05:002012-08-01T21:27:48.586-05:00You said it well. Sharrows are amusing. And so a...You said it well. Sharrows are amusing. And so are the Share the Road and Bike Route signs.Ponderohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16042079750126434523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-73129497076759765672012-08-01T21:03:57.781-05:002012-08-01T21:03:57.781-05:00OK, so it took me the whole post to decipher BUMFL...OK, so it took me the whole post to decipher BUMFL; but I still have no idea what FTR is.<br />I've found sharrows on Boston roads to be helpful in reminding drivers that bikes do belong on the roads. In Boston the tend to only be used when there physically isn't enough space for bike lane on both sides of the road coupled with narrow lanes. Some roads in the city have managed to squeeze a bikelane on the uphill side and a sharrow on the downhill. <br />Placement, of course, is a big issue, on a short portion of Columbus Ave, several sharrows were painted beneath parked cars!<br />Mark<br />PS, The sharrows may have come before the cars.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com