Woo! We did it! Or something. The Columbia Heights Yahoo Group conversation about bicycling on the sidewalk expanded to getting doored (when a bicyclist runs into an open car door, often when the driver doesn’t look and opens it), transportation infrastructure, and more. It’s a whopping 80+ posts, and I’m not sure what we learned, other than bikes cause strong opinions.
One thing I was wondering though — right now it’s legal to bike on the sidewalk outside downtown — what if they expanded that to congested areas, like around DCUSA, Adams Morgan, and so on. Might be a good solution. Otherwise there’s only giving people nasty looks or having cops ticket people, but it’s legal, so…
