Comments on: Oblivious in Olathe

By: Randy

Randy — Sun, 16 May 2010 16:32:04 +0000

I don’t think those number are unrealistic at all. Hundreds is certainly within reason — OK, not every day, but definitely most days. There may not be that many riding to work, but if you count recreational cyclists, kids going to/from school, kids riding their bikes in the street, families out for rides, I think that’s absolutely hundreds per day.

And Olathe is a rather large geographic area — 54 square miles — surely there are two people per square mile riding bicycles on Olathe streets some time during each day.

“Thousands” is not at all out of the realm of possibility on weekends with nice weather.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 16 May 2010 13:21:18 +0000

I absolutely agree with the idea of contacting Mr. Bacon to let him know of cyclists’ concerns. I love Olathe’s bike lanes and would love to see more, especially on Santa Fe.

That said, we cyclists should avoid hyperbole. There’s no way that “hundreds” of cyclists use Olathe streets each day. And certainly nowhere near “thousands.” If we keep throwing unrealistic numbers like that out there, the politicians (and the public) won’t take us seriously.

Perhaps if bike lanes become more prevalent, those numbers will someday become the norm. I certainly hope so.

By: Bill Burns

Bill Burns — Sun, 16 May 2010 01:32:20 +0000

John Bacon needs to be toast next election time. I’ve heard this dumkopf make ignorant statements like this live and in person during previous city council meetings addressing development in the city. He wouldn’t see folks riding to work in Olathe if he had toothpix propping his eyes open. He is Olathe’s past; it just remains for the electorate to make sure of it next go round.

By: Keith Gates

Keith Gates — Sun, 16 May 2010 00:43:45 +0000

In the shortest way possible to describe my thoughts on this matter: Unacceptable viewpoint.