If I bought an electric bike, it would be a red three-wheeler and have two baskets for groceries, cut flowers and pastries. Not necessarily in that order.
I don't know if tricycles are actually safer, but it feels safer for an old woman. Would I want to pedal it down Salt Lake City's bike lanes?
Hell, no.
Salt Lake City has bike lanes running through downtown that say in painted white lettering: bike lane. Is it really a bike lane or is it an accident waiting to happen? There is no way a car can make a right turn without crossing the bike lane. Just because it says bike lane doesn't make it a true bike lane. Ask the Dutch! A bike lane should not have to deal with cars turning in front of them, because drivers forget to look for bikers, and bikers are not always hip college students whipping in and out of traffic with well-developed thigh muscles.
I know the world doesn't revolve around old ladies (17 seconds isn't quite long enough to cross a wide street, by the way).
It's against the law to ride a bike/tricycle on the sidewalk downtown.
Define downtown.
From the front door of my apartment to Symphony Hall is downtown. From the front door of my apartment to Mrs. Backer's Bakery, one should be allowed to ride the sidewalk because pedestrian traffic is minimal, especially on the south side of the street.
Why not make a law that old people can ride the sidewalks on tricycles? This is not exactly a pedestrian city anyway. Everyone drives a car if the destination is longer than a block and a half. I should be able to ride up to Virginia Street and back on the side walk. Or how about from South Temple down 9th East or 5th East, or 2nd East to the library?
I have red tricycle dreams.
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