Cyclists are stupid, dangerous, irresponsible, and rude.

[Trek420]

My daughter got hit by a bicyclist a couple weeks ago, when she & I were walking to school in the evening. He was riding on the sidewalk and he honked but didn't give us time to react. She jumped off the sidewalk at the same time that he swerved to the right to go around us.

Don't get me started on bikes on the sidewalk. He honked, or rang a bell? Bikes on the sidewalk are to pedestrians what cars are to us on the road.

There are routes where I make a decision to be on the sidewalk. So I make a decision to be a ped and walk the bike.

When I'm walking I "take the lane" for oncoming cyclists. Dude, I don't know your bike handling skills, I don't know if you can avoid me or navigate between an opening door on my right and the freight elevator on my left. I don't know which way you will go.

I do know that if needed I can get out of your way but as a ped I'd prefer that you yield or get off and walk.

Kids, elderly cyclists I see downtown, invisible cyclists I understand. They may not know the "rules of the road". But for the majority I see riding on the sidewalk because of that one way street before your work, c'mon. Walk or ride the extra block around on the street.