Are BMX bikes?

Many cyclists don't defend BMX access rights in parks and on roads. And what about roller blades, skateboards, scooters, golf carts, horses, and segways. Are these vehicles too that should be able to travel on the road?

BMX bikes are an absolute joy for
short trips and great around potholes. If more people rode BMX we'd
have safer slower streets that are really fun.

The problem is that we have given our streets over to toxic exhaust
spewing boxes of killer steel couches. And then pay with sales taxes
after the couches deteriorate the street. And then adjust our mobility
options to only include what's feasible with autos at auto speeds. This
sets up conflicts between say boards or Segways and Pedestrian about
sidewalk usage; and bikes and pedestrians or equestrians about trail
usage- when the real conflict is happily running us over with immunity.
And then pompous city councils go out and legislate what's ok; as you
caught in the paper today.

For example the Grand Boulevard (the El Camino planning process
currently underway) should include a CurbBBB lane. Thats a curb lane,
only for Boards, Bikes, and Buses, which will work if the bus frequency
is less than 15 mins like we have here on the Peninsula. The second
lane would be the auto lane. More options and a faster commute times
would make buses feasible as a transport mode on El Camino. One
argument against this is that we need infinite capacity to accommodate
the 5PM rat run! 'nuf said.

Similarly the Air Resources Board is tying itself up in knots trying to
come up with high tech zero co2 transport modes like electric cars,
PHEVs etc. to tackle the 50% of GHGs from our steel couches which used
as directed per the owner's manual , are smoking the planet. Instead ARB
must enable zero co2 modes that exist like boards and bikes by giving
cities clean air credits to make at least two crossing streets through
a downtown 15 mph (similar to a bike boulevard like Bryant except for
the 15 mph designed in requirement.) That way drivers can continue to
kill children and grandparents and the planet everywhere else but bikes
and boards have a real option.

Give all kids much more options
that just access to one miserable park to fight BMX versus boards.

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At park, no bikers allowed

Officials to build fence to keep skateboarders safe

By Shaun Bishop / Daily News Staff Writer
A new fence around a popular Redwood City skate park
that would keep bikers out and skateboarders in could
be erected as soon as January, Redwood City parks
officials say.
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