Comments on: Cyclist falls off bridge http://davidpritchard.org/archives/40 modern metropolitan mode choice, remodelled. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:25:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: margaret bell http://davidpritchard.org/archives/40/comment-page-1#comment-2250 margaret bell Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:02:59 +0000 http://davidpritchard.org/?p=40#comment-2250 It amazes me that transit assumes we can all ride bikes. When you reach your 70's and in ill health and all you get is how you can get anywhere you want by bike, you just shake your head. We need to get to the curling venue and it seems the UBC busses are going to be limited as well as other bus routes. These Olympic games are going to be difficult to get to even if you have tickets. It amazes me that transit assumes we can all ride bikes. When you reach your 70′s and in ill health
and all you get is how you can get anywhere you want by bike, you just shake your head. We need to get to the curling venue and it seems the UBC busses are going to be limited as well as other bus routes. These Olympic games are going to be difficult to get to even if you have tickets.

]]> By: zhz http://davidpritchard.org/archives/40/comment-page-1#comment-17 zhz Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:29:09 +0000 http://davidpritchard.org/?p=40#comment-17 The actual regulated height of the guard rail is unknown: "Powell said standards have been raised over the years, but he wouldn't reveal present minimum height standards. Stehr said he believes it is 137 centimetres." (The Toronto Star) Isn't it ridiculous that he wouldn't reveal the minimum height standard? I'll be extra cautious of riding over bridges now. The actual regulated height of the guard rail is unknown:

“Powell said standards have been raised over the years, but he wouldn’t reveal present minimum height standards. Stehr said he believes it is 137 centimetres.” (The Toronto Star)

Isn’t it ridiculous that he wouldn’t reveal the minimum height standard? I’ll be extra cautious of riding over bridges now.

]]> By: drpritch http://davidpritchard.org/archives/40/comment-page-1#comment-16 drpritch Fri, 31 Mar 2006 07:21:00 +0000 http://davidpritchard.org/?p=40#comment-16 There are now calls for <a href="http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1143760212772&call_pageid=968350130169&StarSource=RSS" rel="nofollow">an inquest</a> (Toronto Star). It sounds like classic bad bridge design: a 96cm railing (the 1980 standard; today's is still only 137cm), with bicycle lanes at either end but cyclists are supposed to walk their bike across the bridge itself - even though it's half a kilometer long. There are now calls for an inquest (Toronto Star). It sounds like classic bad bridge design: a 96cm railing (the 1980 standard; today’s is still only 137cm), with bicycle lanes at either end but cyclists are supposed to walk their bike across the bridge itself – even though it’s half a kilometer long.

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