Today, in Things That Annoy Me That Wouldn’t Have Done So Two Weeks Ago:

That’s a Share the Road sign, right next to a road with very little shoulder for bikes to ride on.  On my way to work yesterday, I passed a sign like this on a road with an even narrower shoulder than this one here.

I wouldn’t have noticed this two weeks ago; I didn’t have a bike two weeks ago.  But now that I’ve been riding my bike around town, I’ve noticed that I don’t live in a very bike-friendly area.  Sure, the town puts up these signs, but they’re more like a band-aid than a solution.  Reminding cars to share the road with bikes is only half the battle.  Giving bikes space to ride — now there’s an excellent idea.  Especially since recent evidence suggests you’re safer in a bike lane than anywhere else, like on the shoulder or on the sidewalk.

See?  Doesn’t this look nice?

I would ride on that.

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©2009 at Simple Savvy, the simple living blog where I hope you’ll forgive the influx of biking posts lately.  I anticipate quite a few more in the future.  First image courtesy of BikePortland.org.  Second image courtesy of Cycle Chic of Copenhagen.