http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/transportation/343274_streetcar13.html

...okay, I think I've had more than my 15 seconds of fame here.

Eric, you did an awesome job in that on camera interview! Thank you!

I still can't believe how much police presence we had, for the first loop the police blocked traffic much more than we ever could have. There may have actually been as many police officers than cyclists. My count of cyclists at the start was 43 and I remember seeing at least 4 pairs of motorcycle officers and at least half a dozen bicycle officers.

...the SPD Intelligence Unit probably knew from trolling our local site...

I have seen four reports and it seems we had between 20 and 200 hundred(the amount the police said they were planning to show up). More like 40-45.
And on fox coverage there I am the last bicyclist once again, but this time followed by two motorcycle cops. What a motorcade.
The other interesting thing was how the motorcycle cop told a car that was in the trolley lane and following to close to a bicyclist to stop his car. They then told him to give more room to the bicyclist, that was good.

Am I the only one that feels like this is a little ridiculous?
(big ass cut)
I went down there to buy one of the Ride the SLUT T-shirts for my roommate and was thoroughly unimpressed with the difficulty posed by the SLUT tracks.

Am I the only one that feels like this is a little ridiculous? People are now suing the city because they can't cross tracks without crashing...

This may be the first time I've ever agreed with Jamie on this forum. They are train tracks. Avoid them. Having a "protest" to demand signs just makes you another fat lady suing Mcdonald's for hot coffee.

what the fuck is wrong with you people. asking the city to put up a fucking sign saying "dear cyclists, these tracks may cause you to fall down and break your pelvis" seems pretty fucking reasonable. also having them mark an alternate route that gets you to the same place.

i'm not upset at the SLUT tracks because i'm worried about how the tracks will impact me directly as a cyclist, fuck i've ridden on interstates and on aurora in the snow with a loaded trailer. and i distinctly remember some of your pussy asses (sketchy) complaining about the ride out on mlk south.

if you're going to take something that until recently was a major bicycle arterial and a very logical way to get into downtown and make it a hazard the least they could do is add proper warning and alternate route signage, investigate some remediation options (flange filler), and not do the same stupid thing - putting tracks in the outside lane - when they extend it.

not everyone has access to a community like this. people who come visit the city, folks who just start commuting or are otherwise new, people who don't ride their bikes regularly enough to be confident with a horizontal bunny-hop in traffic but need to go somewhere in SLU, etc. just because most of us here are totally fine doesn't mean it's not egregious that the city thought it was appropriate to hang cyclists out to dry and not do a single fucking thing to ameliorate the situation.

all this talk of mcdonals makes me realize how hungry i am right now.

if, and i mean IF, we do another protest of anything, it better turn out way better than the last two. but i strongly suggest thinking about all of this before we get all happy with the fucking press releases.

obviously, i mean if they weren't hard would you still go out of your way to avoid them? your commute's going to get even more convoluted when you have to pussyfoot away from eastlake and roosevelt when they extend the SLUT northward.

I'm not too into labeling these things as "protests". We really weren't protesting anything and I made sure to tell people that I am NOT anti-SLUT. To me, these are more awareness and education rides. (Some well-coiffed older guy waiting for his SLUT asked a group of us what sharrows were, for example.)

If drivers who regularly use Westlake discovered for the first time last night that bikes will now be using the inner lane, then good for us.

Now you are all being blamed!

http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/someone_hates_the_slut

This may be the first time I've ever agreed with Jamie on this forum. They are train tracks. Avoid them. Having a "protest" to demand signs just makes you another fat lady suing Mcdonald's for hot coffee.

Now you are all being blamed!

http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/someone_hates_the_slut

Pay attention to where you ride your bike butt-ass. That's what the signs should say.

Was the protest silly, or underwhelming? I guess you could argue that. But did it do nothing? That remains to be seen.

We do know that, for now at least, you can't seem to read a story about the streetcar without hearing about how it's unsafe for bicycles. I'm no PR expert, but I believe that's a good thing (assuming it lasts).

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Oh no! Someone put their balls on the SLUT! Oh, the scandal!

Posted by JBlue | December 13, 2007 2:52 PM