[BCM] Scooters in the bike lanes

Wed Sep 26 13:49:30 EDT 2007

Which is why I posed the Q in the 1st place. 

BTW a scooter or moped that has a liscence plate or can exceed 30 MPH is never allowed in a bike lane, anywhere in Mass.

I agree, scooters and mopeds trump a car in the city , but being on a bike is righteous, green and good for your body and your soul. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Robotica <androidqueen at gmail.com>
To: Boston Critical Mass <list at bostoncriticalmass.org>
Sent: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:23 am
Subject: Re: [*BCM*] Scooters in the bike lanes

Absolutely not.  Not to put words into Jeremy's mouth (but I will
nyway), but he's saying that, while some people would be fine with
t, the odds are great that there would be a fairly large collection
f individuals who would, frankly, express some of the opinions we've
een on this thread.  If the scooter-driver wore a giant sign that
aid "I'd be on a bicycle, but I'm currently or permanently disabled,"
t might be a little better, but this list seems to hold the general
pinion that scooter-users are lazy motherfuckers who should just be
iding a bike instead.  Obviously, this list doesn't speak for the
ass, but I wouldn't be surprised if some of the attitude carried
ver.
No one person would have the right to say "You can't be a part of
his," but would they be *accepted*?  I'm inclined to agree with
eremy - no.
On 9/26/07, Anne Wolfe <goannego at gmail.com> wrote:
 Doesn't this seem to imply that there's some kind of leader to accept or
 reject a scooter or anything else?  Because that runs entirely counter to
 everything CM stands for.

 On 26/09/2007, Jeremy Chase <jeremychase at gmail.com> wrote:
 > I have to agree in that a scooter wouldn't be accepted at a CM event.
 > Any logical CMer knows that a scooter is a much better alternative to
 > a car, but the far left are going to disagree with anything you do if
 > it isn't pedal power.
 >
 > I believe scooters are a great alternative, but as a cyclist I don't
 > like them using the bike lanes. I do, however, like scooters far more
 > than cars double parked in the bike lane, and I would much rather see
 > 10 scooters roll by than 10 cars.
 >
 > Jeremy
 >
 >
 > On 9/24/07, Zarkauskas, John A <JAZarkauskas at statestreet.com > wrote:
 > >
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 > > Primarily because the e-mails I have seen appear to be in favor of the
 > > exclusion of mopeds or scooters rather than suggesting that they could
 > > coexist with bikes….
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 > >  Subject: Re: [*BCM*] Scooters in the bike lanes
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 > > and why do you think it would not be well recieved at Critical Mass?
 > >
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 > > In a message dated 9/24/2007 3:39:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
 > > JAZarkauskas at StateStreet.com writes:
 > >
 > >
 > > I feel that if we continue to seek more laws to protect us, we likely
 end up
 > > with more laws that will exclude us as well. Every day, law abiding,
 safe
 > > drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians have accidents with other law
 abiding,
 > > safe drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. I'm sure we could reduce these
 > > accidents by introducing more laws to segregate us by modes of
 > > transportation and then by speed and then by size etc, etc…..  but the
 > > results may be less than desirable as bikes get relegated to bike paths
 and
 > > lanes and prohibited from everyplace else….
 > >
 > >
 > >
 > > If I had a moped or scooter, I would like to think that I could ride it
 at a
 > > Critical Mass event. I doubt that would be well-accepted but why not see
 it
 > > as an improvement over other modes of transportation as opposed to an
 > > affront to the bicyclist?
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