tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post5758826820477028979..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: New Details on Salem Sunday Streets Schedule of Activities - Updated and HashtaggedSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-86832609712644468522013-09-12T19:44:52.222-07:002013-09-12T19:44:52.222-07:00updated with a survey...
also! Re: the course le...updated with a survey...<br /><br />also! Re: the course length. See <a href="http://breakfastonbikes.blogspot.com/2013/09/salem-sunday-streets-successful.html" rel="nofollow">post-event wrap</a>. It was the barricades that turned out to be the main problem!Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-10461948326591156232013-09-07T10:46:46.579-07:002013-09-07T10:46:46.579-07:00updated with list at activity centers and social m...updated with list at activity centers and social media deetsSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-4103339486796389992013-09-04T21:54:42.973-07:002013-09-04T21:54:42.973-07:00In two ways:
One, the route is short, and it will...In two ways:<br /><br />One, the route is short, and it will take hardly any time at all to traverse it by bike. Is it two miles long? If you bike 12mph, which isn't very fast, it'll take 10 minutes. In an hour you could do six laps. Or something like that. Biking will be too fast! I think that the subjective experience of being on a bike for it will seem like transportation and speed overkill for many.<br /><br />Additionally, in a longer route, crowds will spread out. Here crowds will be collected in a much smaller area, and since there won't be clear lanes, I think that the faster speed of biking will lead to some amount of erratic weaving around people on foot - and leashes, too! It will not be big enough to avoid the urban deer phenomenon. (I worry that people on foot will find people on bikes annoying; equally, people on bike may find the leashes and wanderers problematic. The short route increases the likelihood of "ped-bike conflict.") <br /><br />I'm not saying bikes should be banned or anything, but I am saying that for adults who bike regularly, I think the enjoyment of the event will be much greater on foot. The spacing and geography of the event is really optimized for travel by foot.<br /><br />So the issue is the route length, not the width of State Street, which as you say is one of our great wide boulevards.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-56125183141681511042013-09-04T20:56:55.132-07:002013-09-04T20:56:55.132-07:00Don't get your comment about the route being t...Don't get your comment about the route being too small for bicycling. State Street is a wide street. It's closed, right? What's the problem with biking?Jim Scheppkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04077003905171156283noreply@blogger.com