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Re:When Citi Bikes Are Faster Than Taxis in New York City by e40 on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @01:38PM (#15340878)
pedestrians don't want you on the sidewalk

It is illegal to ride a bike on the sidewalk in every city I know of.

Pedestrians don't have lanes. Pedestrians don't have rules. They might turn suddenly to get into a car, or pop out of a shop. It is just selfish of bikers to think they should be on the sidewalk. It's very dangerous for us pedestrians. In the last 20 years, I've been hit twice on the sidewalk and had to jump out of the way, to avoid serious injury, many times.

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Re:When Citi Bikes Are Faster Than Taxis in New York City by xur17 on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @01:54PM (#15341011)
> It is illegal to ride a bike on the sidewalk in every city I know of.

While I agree that riding on the sidewalk is generally a bad idea, it's definitely not illegal in all places. For example, in Austin it's explicitly legal except in these locations [0].

[0] https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Public...

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