tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post3753947455393159143..comments2023-08-18T11:40:19.852-06:00Comments on Los Alamos and Santa Fe Bikes: Diamond at Canyon, ContinuedScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105951751896463667noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-89356859005920459862011-10-19T11:22:24.697-06:002011-10-19T11:22:24.697-06:00It should surprise no one that there is a lot of i...It should surprise no one that there is a lot of ignorance and malice in our nation if you dig just below the polite surface stuff. Even the polite surface stuff is getting hard to find.<br /><br />So it is best not to read the comments on KOB or several other local outlets. There is no troll filtering so you get the lowest of the low. Why bother even looking? It just makes one sick. Especially when you have a personal stake in this stuff, as many of us here certainly do.Khalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-53781423129401571292011-10-18T18:41:51.587-06:002011-10-18T18:41:51.587-06:00Khal,
Sorry to hijack this part of the comments, ...Khal,<br /><br />Sorry to hijack this part of the comments, hope you understand. I've been paying a bit of attention to the trial in ABQ this week of the woman that killed David Anderson on the Paseo Bike Path last year. Her trial ended in a hung jury, 11 to 1 to convict.<br /><br />The comments on the KOB web page about the hung jury are even more anti-bike than the normal for such stories. http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/S2332746.shtml?cat=0) <br /><br />I do have some experience with negative commentary, as I followed the stories and comments on Matt's collision and death back in May. I spent way too many hours in the intensive care unit, just reading online as a way to pass time.<br /><br />Anyway, I just had to vent somewhere about how ignorant the commenters have been regarding the David Anderson death. A stunning number of them talk about David being at fault for riding on Paseo del Norte! Unbelieveable. He was on the BIKE PATH that runs well-off of Paseo. The driver that hit him was (according to trial testimony) speeding and weaving when she 1) ran off the road, 2) jumped a substantial ditch, 3) crossed 60 feet of grassy field, and 4) hit David on the BIKE PATH. <br /><br />I sometimes reach a point of dispair about the anti-bike commentary you see in the Albuquerque press anytime a biker-death story comes up. Heck, a bit of this even creeps into local Los Alamos sites, including the labs internal readers forum. <br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Joe MartzJoe M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15652825576550803124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-55162269413146051482011-10-13T08:22:37.005-06:002011-10-13T08:22:37.005-06:00I'm not sure what in detail Council was thinki...I'm not sure what in detail Council was thinking and we would have to go back to the transcripts of that session. I suspect they wanted to preserve the bike lane in spite of keeping the road within its existing boundaries, and that was a noble intention in the context of multimodal roadways. <br /><br />The unintended consequences are the confusion we see today, coupled with the right hook hazard of a downhill bike lane in a busy spot. As I've said before about this stuff, the devils are always in the details.Khalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6955311294411328562.post-34812717014791708352011-10-12T22:29:47.248-06:002011-10-12T22:29:47.248-06:00Good comments. Why the earlier council resolution...Good comments. Why the earlier council resolution was so specific about creating an unsafe bike lane seems a bit odd. Regardless, the lane needs to be re-stripped along the configuration you've suggested. <br /><br />Thanks for keeping on top of this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com