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" I've noticed that the U of C police in hyde park seem to be enforcing traffic laws  moderately frequently.  It seems to be a new thing but it's rather interesting. "

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"California.  I've heard from a wide number of people across the state that they do ticket pedestrians, which means less jaywalking, which apparently leads to cars respecting the crosswalks and stopping for pedestrians in them. I'm…"

"More from the same magazine. Oh, yeah! ;)"

"Just found this article in The Atlantic Cities and haven't read it yet. Only the link, no comments: Why We Should Never Fine Cyclists"

"My Comment: Where?  Certainly NOT Chicago.  Just yesterday I needed to cross Lincoln at Warner.   I had gotten off my bicycle and was a Pedestrian.  Another Pedestrian was on the other side waiting to cross.   Car…"

"I think this has a lot to do with the fact that cars will stop for pedestrians to cross busy streets at non-lighed intersections. It works both ways. Cars stop for people, people dont jaywalk.   "

"Jason W, Juan This is what I received: there is only one code for dooring, and that’s 9-80-035. The 250 crashes represents the number of citations under this code, whether it’s for simply leaving the door open or for causing a…"

"Nothing wrong with the article.  The comments?  People are people, and anonymous people are jerks."

"I know some people who do ride in groups at that kind of speed - and they're not Tour de France racers. They may be among a small minority in our bike community, but they exist. "

"The Atlantic article and the comments that follow is the usual poisonous soup of mis-statements and mis-information -- such as the person who complained about almost being hit by a group of bicycles that rode by her at 25 to 30…"

"btw, germane to this discussion is the fact that today I almost got forced into the path of a car - by another bloody cyclist!  I was already dealing with the leap-frogging Belmont traffic (curse you, "rush hour parking controls")…"

"I don't disagree, I was just noting that debate over the interpretation/definition of statistics is quite old and well-established, and that might contribute to why such obvious connections still don't register with the larger…"