Last Fall, bike lanes were added along side automobile traffic lanes of a few major streets in town, like where these shots were taken on Allisonville Road on the NE side. And who knows, maybe it’s too soon to tell what’s going to happen. To be fair, the weather has turned colder since they’ve been officially open. But I personally have never seen anyone use the new Bike Lanes yet for the purpose it was designed. Have any of you?
 The one time I saw anyone on the new Bike Lanes, a young man that was easily two times too big for the small, gas-powered Mini-Moped he was riding…was buzzing full-blast up the Bike Lane, but still at half the speed of cars going by him. The proportion of rider size to Moped size made it look ridiculous. I remember thinking that it might even be illegal for him to use the Bike lane for motorized traffic? It’s for bicyles. But at least the slower vehicle was out of traffic.
It’s going to be interesting to see if people actually use this or not. I guess I’ll keep an open mind on the outcome. Who knows…the oil barons might decide to go to $500/barrel for light sweet crude. If so, we’ll all be out there peddling everywhere.
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