Sarah Tisdale

I thought bicyclists weren't supposed to be riding on the sidewalk at all.

I'm always confused when I see a cyclist riding down a sidewalk on a
road with a perfectly good bike lane. Saw it on Cornell (near
hillsboro airport) this morning.

Sarah

2008/9/23 Rick Johnson :
> Another thing I picked up from Ray is that bicyclists are required to
> announce themselves when overtaking a pedestrian on a sidewalk.
>
> Rick
>
> Jonathan Maus BikePortland wrote:
>
> interesting. here's a "quick and dirty" explanation from lawyer/racer
> Ray Thomas
>
> "if peds are on the roadway they have to travel facing traffic as
> far off the paved surface on the shoulder as possible. AND in bike lanes
> the law is less clear but if there is a usable shoulder or sidewalk
> runners are not supposed to use the bike lane and must in any event
> yield to all traffic including bicycles... "
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> --Jonathan
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> Jonathan Maus
> Editor, BikePortland.org
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> On Sep 23, 2008, at 9:37 AM, David Auker wrote:
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> I think the law is pedestrians walk/run facing traffic, and this is to
> enable them to see what is coming their way (but hey, sometimes
> there is
> no place to move to, just like when a cyclist is on a narrow
> car-trafficked road). It's a give and take world on multi-use
> paths...the blogger whose link you point us to could use some
> lessons in
> sharing:
>
>
> what is the fricking law when it comes to this?………..cause i
> swear…….next time, i'll run their asses over!
>
>
> It's about sharing and karma and trying to keep the 'pecking order'
> from
> getting too rude...another level up from the cyclist is the motor
> vehicle driver, and we wouldn't want them to think of cyclists the way
> the above cyclist seems to think of pedestrians, would we? (Ouch!) In
> general, I personally think the most vulnerable road users out there
> need the most care and respect.
>
> David
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>
> rick martin wrote:
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>
> can some of you help me out here........................i'm
> curious............. http://2tired2quit.wordpress.com/
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