From:"Nathan
Masek via Bike-racers"
<bike-racers@mailman.swcp.com>
Date:Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 8:53 AM
Subject:Re: [NMCycling] Singing Rd on
NM 333....GABAC is against?????
Ok, so here is my position on the subject. I am
a bike racer, I've been racing for over 25 yrs.
I am also a transportation planner by
profession.
My feeling is this - yes, drivers face many
distractions and are quite irresponsible and
in some cases, downright dangerous and worse,
criminally negligent to the peril of innocent
cyclists. That being said, the roads must be
shared, by all vehicles as designated with
signage, policy, posted speed, etc. The
singing highway is one of two of its kind in
the United States. It's an amazing feature
that actually adds quite a bit of character
and charm to an otherwise fairly boring
roadway. I have friends from out of state who
have noted it on social media, it's now part
of the Rt 66 experience for the numerous of
venturers that explore Rt 66 and happen to
come upon it; it's a really cool thing! It is
also a fairly short segment of the roadway.
To call for its removal, to me, is quite
misdirected, and fails to recognize the
primary issue - that of careless drivers.
Now, to have the GABAC write a letter,
well, look what it has spawned - a letter to
the editor of the largest newspaper in the
state, basically slamming the cycling
community as a bunch of wackos. As a cyclist,
I don't appreciate this. I speak out of
experience of having been on the GABAC in the
past, and I can attest that it is a delicate
balance to reconcile the relationship between
cars and bicycles. The cyclists have
legislation behind them these day, and some
times even that is not enough
Hey guys, so I
just read in the paper this morning
that the Greater Abq Bicycle Advisory
Committee (GABAC) had submitted a
letter against the "singing highway"
in the Tijeras Canyon in NM 333 - is
this true?
If so, would someone from that group
care to respond?
Thx, Nathan
Sent from my iPhone
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