Re:Electric scooter ban increased congestion by 10% in Atlanta
by grogenaut on Monday October 31, 2022 @02:29PM
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I used to commute from Bellevue WA to Kirkland WA, the mainly way across the freeway was either to go down this road over the freeway that didn't used to have sidewalks https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6393386,-122.2032674,17.25z or go 2 miles out of the way and up a huge hill. The right lane is where people wanted to go to get on the freeway at the time. It was easiest to just get in the left lane and do 40mph down the hill which is what cars did speed wise. People gave me plenty of berth if I was moving at car speeds. If I went slow on the right I got tailgated.
My bike was quite stable at 40mph.
No I wouldn't go that fast on a bike path, this was only due to the power of gravity.
Re:Electric scooter ban increased congestion by 10% in Atlanta
by taeric on Monday October 31, 2022 @02:31PM
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As I mentioned in sibling response, it is somewhat easy to get those speeds in any hilly place. Keeping them for extended times is, of course, out of the question. And my return commute has me well below that. Again for obvious reasons. :D
Now, I fully agree with the spirit of your post. Even the spots I'm talking about are short bursts.
Who on earth is using ordinary city bikes at 50km/h near cars? Even class II e-bikes are limited to 20mph/32kph.
Class III are limited to 28mph/45kph but are forbidden from bike paths.
[edit] 50kph under your own power is the average speed at the Tour de France.