in planning » Dolomites Road closure by bicycle events 2019

I never understood the concept of closing public roads so that only people riding certain kinds of vehicles, like bicycles could use them. How about closing roads so that only motorcycles can ride on them? How would that go over with the general public and politicians?

(Well, there are the Isle of Mann races, but that island is a little strange, anyway.)

Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #2

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I never understood the concept of closing public roads so that only people riding certain kinds of vehicles, like bicycles could use them. How about closing roads so that only motorcycles can ride on them? How would that go over with the general public and politicians?

(Well, there are the Isle of Mann races, but that island is a little strange, anyway.)

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In my area, the county closes off various highways every Sunday so that they can be used exclusively by bicycle riders, which causes me to have to take detours to avoid them. And San Francisco is always closing off random streets almost every weekend for neighborhood and non-profit fund raising events, like bicycle and foot races. It can cause a lot of vehicle traffic disruption, especially when someone from out of town runs into one of these closures. It is just one of those irritations living in an urban area. Here is an example of a car show that shut down four long blocks in the city of San Rafael last year.

Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #6

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My home town is about to be invaded by up to 75000 visitors per day for 4 days and thousands of temporary workers for the Cheltenham Festival, a horse racing event.

I could do without the extra traffic and road closures but the festival adds over £100 million to the local economy and a lot of tax revenue for the state just in that 4 days. Then add in those employed full time at the racecourse and the multitude of stables within 50 miles and it is a large industry employing many hundreds of people.

Other people's idea of fun is damn inconvenient at times but they probably get pissed off when I scare the bejesus out of them when filtering or overtaking so it evens out.

If you don't want the lives of others to affect you, move to an isolated ranch in Wyoming

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