Quote Originally Posted by TrekTheKaty View Post
I have to giggle at "bike friendly" signs. My suburb is pretty good, but I've seen other parts of St. Louis with "bike friendly" signs on a 1-foot-wide shoulder with 4-lane traffic going 45 mph. Rush hour on a weekday and you'd be road kill.

Bike communities are refreshing. They tend to center around colleges. Too bad bicycles weren't the rage when I wash in college--I may have found my passion sooner
The designation from the bike league is based on five criteria: engineering, enforcement, encouragement, Education, evaluation/planning. I think that by casual observation, it seems that success at one of the "e's" will get you to bronze, 2-3 will get you to silver...etc

The applications can be 50-100 pages...while you may giggle, you're just observing one of the e's...and for the record, I wouldn't be uncomfortable on the road you described (I'm presuming it's near Washington University)... But I'm one of the bold 1% . I don't think bike friendly means paths everywhere...give me a tight road with educated motorists, and half the war is won...