Comments on: Morning Metro: Ponce Place Robbery, Ponce Trading Car Lanes for Bike Lanes, and Amtrak’s Limitations

By: QC

QC — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:57:10 +0000

For those of us trying to get where we’re going without a car, travel really can’t get more difficult (or unsafe) than it currently is. A little bit of equity is welcomed.

By: Frankie and Johnny

Frankie and Johnny — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:28:49 +0000

Now that you mention it, I have noticed an aura of calmness surrounding bikes and cars when they mingle. No, wait, that was bikes and pedestrians. No, maybe it was bikes and bike trails, that was probably it. I do think we have a likely unsolvable problem: bicycles and cars can never co-exist safely on the same turf without a lot more space than metro Atlanta has. I was in Vienna this summer, great bike lanes that we have no possibility of duplicating. Wash, DC has terrific bike trails that we have no possibility of duplicating. PATH has some fun ones in place that don’t compete with traffic here, but we simple don’t have the room to make bike lanes a real alternative to commuting.

By: toml

toml — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:50:23 +0000

Haven’t you noticed that bikes are rolling traffic calming devices?

By: Frankie and Johnny

Frankie and Johnny — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:31:31 +0000

This bike lane proposal is just plain crazy. It seems like the only traffic plans around these days is to make travel more difficult. I sure glad I don’t have to commute on that stretch of Ponce.

By: QC

QC — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:39:14 +0000

Re: Bike lanes on Ponce (first I’ve heard of it!). I just left the following comment over on the Patch site as well:

Great news – sort of. Seems like an awfully short stretch. What is a westbound cyclist on Ponce expected to do when they reach the intersection with Boulevard/Monroe? Neither Boulevard nor Monroe is particularly bike friendly, so it seems like a cyclist would be stuck with no option: Can’t (safely) keep going west, can’t (safely) turn left, can’t (safely) turn right.

In the other direction, why not take this further to at least connect with the existing PATH just east of Freedom Parkway? It’s only an additional 2 blocks (500-700 ft according to Google Maps)!

I guess we need to start somewhere, but poorly thought out and disconnected bike lanes really don’t help people to get around this city without a car. And if the bike lanes aren’t heavily used (because they’re not useful), people will inevitably claim that they are a waste of money and road space.

By: DEM

DEM — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:34:04 +0000

Ah, perfect for targeting unruly civilians for drone strikes.

Nothing says freedom like constant government monitoring.

By: GBK Gwyneth

GBK Gwyneth — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:20:20 +0000

I believe a couple were at the post office. I remember at least one being called in from there.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:18:22 +0000

Big Brother finds this message double plus good…