\u201cThese bike lane arguments are ridiculous. People need to learn to ride their bike with auto traffic and shut up about having bike lanes everywhere. When I ride my bike, I ride with traffic. When it\u2019s safe, I move to the right hand side to let cars through. When it\u2019s not safe, I take the lane and let the cars deal with it. . .\u201d
\n– Richard<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of the commenters here . . . are expressing a weird bias\/entitlement: Apparently pedestrians need to be prepared to modify their traveling behavior and\/or walking patterns so as not to inconvenience motorists. Apparently bicyclists need to be prepared to modify their traveling behavior, cycling routes, and\/or cycling patterns so as not to inconvenience motorists. But GOD FORBID the precious motorists ever be asked to change their driving behavior or traffic\/commuting patterns!\u201d
\n– Marc<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018Crashed.\u2019 Exactly what\u2019ll happen when you mixed undergrads and cyclists on a busy, narrow thoroughfare like Mt. Royal Avenue. What\u2019s wrong with Park Avenue? Why couldn\u2019t it be a bike boulevard like Guilford Avenue is (or will be soon)?
\n– James Hunt<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing\u2019s wrong with Park Avenue, but we\u2019re talking about Mt Royal. Many cyclists ride here everyday, students and others, without the added protection of a bike lane. Cars continually speed here and nobody stops for pedestrians in crosswalks. Reducing Mt Royal to a bike lane and a car lane would solve all these problems.\u201d
\n– Liam Quigley<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, it would just p*ss off motorists trying to get to and from the JFX on an even more jammed up Mt. Royal. . . Fred Lazarus, who knows the area as well as anyone, is right to put the brakes on this proposal.\u201d
\n– James Hunt<\/p>\n
\u201cPark Avenue is great, and undoubtedly the best way to get to Reservoir Hill and Mondawmin Mall from MICA. The problem is Mt. Royal Avenue and Park Ave don\u2019t go to the same places. The MICA student body needs a safe connector to Mt. Vernon, and by extension to the city\u2019s bicycle infrastructure network.\u201d
\n– Dukiebiddle<\/p>\n
\u201cWe ought to be doing what we can to make college campuses both bike and pedestrian friendly. I say that as the husband of a MICA alumni and a former resident of Bolton Hill, currently living on Park avenue in Reservoir Hill.\u201d
\n– guest<\/p>\n
\u201cIs it possible to do something actually nice \u2013 like sidewalk, 8-10 foot two-way bike lane, median, 4 moving vehicle lanes, sidewalk?\u201d
\n– Bmorepanic<\/p>\n
\u201cLazarus may be a wonderful college president, but he doesn\u2019t know anything about traffic.\u201d
\n– Dukiebiddle<\/p>\n