I am tired of people who associate bicyclists running red lights with new bike facilities, implicitly questioning whether they should exist.

It’s a problem when bicyclists buzz and even hit pedestrians. But as someone who doesn’t do that on a bike, you imply that making my kid and I less safe to pay for the sons of others is a valid option.

If I suggested that drivers police their own, that would be ridiculous. Why do you think I can or should do the same?

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When drivers violate the rules en masse, transpo folks study it, implement things that change behavior, and sometimes just change the rules to match behavior.

We don’t do any of that with the people who ride bikes, because riding a bike doesn’t qualify you as a full-fledged person in transpo world.

Someone on a bike is just a problem that needs to be solved.

@bikepedantic states that have implemented Idaho stop arguably did change rules to match a common and reasonable bicyclist behavior, though unfortunately my state has failed to do that because our governor sucks

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