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Stay off the sidewalk. With those four words and a little education mixed in, How We Roll instructor Jenny Sherry popped back her kickstand and led her cycling troop of five Ohio State University students away from the Ohio Union and into the street.The free bike-education campaign, which began this fall, aims to introduce students to the city by getting them off campus and off sidewalks.
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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Nice feature in The Dispatch!
More on How We Roll, here:
http://www.columbusunderground.com/how-we-roll-campaign-launches-to-assist-student-cyclists
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cheap said:
“Most cyclists get hit while they’re riding in the sidewalk."yeah,they get hit by other cyclists.
We value constructive criticism, if you have any to offer. This program is designed to target exactly this type of behavior. It seems to be having an impact with the students we've worked with. We've also been working to pass out light sets to the kids to ensure they have proper, visible lighting at night.
We're excited to keep working at this. Plenty of conversation at last night's board meeting around the future!
upstairs
Old Town East
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Excellent article. I don't know enough about the program to critique, everything within the article appeared sound. What better than to offer a guiding hand for the transition to road biking. Perhaps bike clubs and shops could offer this type of program, beyond OSU students to help mold a responsible culture.
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upstairs said:
Excellent article. I don't know enough about the program to critique, everything within the article appeared sound. What better than to offer a guiding hand for the transition to road biking. Perhaps bike clubs and shops could offer this type of program, beyond OSU students to help mold a responsible culture.
That's pretty much the direction we're going, just lots to figure out.
columbusmike
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I wish the same education existed in our automobile "training".
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columbusmike said:
I wish the same education existed in our automobile "training".
Please elaborate on this. Do you mean the inclusion of cycling road skills as part of driver education, (teaching road cycling skills to potential cyclists) or a driver training program that includes automobile/cycling road sharing education as part of its curriculum? (teaching drivers awareness and how to properly interact with cyclists)
Cole
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cheap said:
“Most cyclists get hit while they’re riding in the sidewalk."yeah,they get hit by other cyclists.
I agree that constructive criticism is good, but I believe that there is little data backing this claim. I have never seen a cyclist hit another cyclist on the sidewalk.
My girlfriend was there that ride and she loved it. While she already rode on the road and avoided the treacherous sidewalks where bicyclists crash in scores, she enjoyed the experience. This type of outreach is exactly the type that is needed. Meredith Joy et al., thank you for putting it together.
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Cole said:
I agree that constructive criticism is good, but I believe that there is little data backing this claim. I have never seen a cyclist hit another cyclist on the sidewalk.My girlfriend was there that ride and she loved it. While she already rode on the road and avoided the treacherous sidewalks where bicyclists crash in scores, she enjoyed the experience. This type of outreach is exactly the type that is needed. Meredith Joy et al., thank you for putting it together.
I believe Cheap is trolling from the other cycling thread...the pedestrian road rage one, if I am not mistaken. What the article mentions is related to cyclists being hit by drivers at cross streets and especially at drive way entrances to strip malls and the like. Riding 8-10 MPH on a sidewalk makes it hard to judge your speed compared to a pedestrian. A driver thinking they can make a turn may be misjudging the speed or may not be looking for a cyclist on the sidewalk. Riding lawfully in the street places you in a position where drivers are trained to look.
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