tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post1123755408879756765..comments2023-08-18T11:40:19.852-06:00Comments on Los Alamos and Santa Fe Bikes: Riding on the sidewalk in a business districtScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105951751896463667noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-18956595103119647252011-06-02T07:32:27.194-06:002011-06-02T07:32:27.194-06:00Hi, Jimbo
That is private property, so the landow...Hi, Jimbo<br /><br />That is private property, so the landowner can set his own rules, subject, of course, to the rest of us voting with our wallets and not doing business there if the rules were outrageous. He/she can also post non-standard signs. <br /><br />However, I concur with the concerns of having cyclists and skateboarders riding on busy sidewalks. Its never the conscientious rider who screws things up. Its the bozo and I could point some out. Also, if I were the landowner, I'd worry about my liability exposure the first time a pedestrian is decked trying to access a store.<br /><br />I've done business there and have ridden to my destination, gotten off the bike and walked it across the sidewalk without insult. I think everyone involved knows the difference between someone riding a bicycle to a store as transportation and someone doing BMX tricks bouncing off of senior citizens as bollards.<br /><br />In contrast to private property, if the DPW Director were to post public property, for example, the sidewalks on Central, as no riding, I strongly suspect the ordinance would be cited on the signs.Khalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-54027364821201291252011-06-02T06:42:59.306-06:002011-06-02T06:42:59.306-06:00Hi Khal,
Thanks for posting and clarifying this. ...Hi Khal,<br /><br />Thanks for posting and clarifying this. The Central Park Square area does have signs posting the prohibition of bicycles (and skateboards) on the sidewalk. I don't recall whether it references the ordinance. The property owners routinely see me on my bike in that area (I get off and walk the bike if it's congested), but since I'm a tenant of the area and don't ride like a maniac, I've never had them holler at me for riding. Once again it goes to this idea of the legal versus the practical, I guess.Jimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13391927383206223790noreply@blogger.com