Some random transportation bits, in no particular order….

Alert reader Prof. S. calls our attention to a Wall Street Journal page-one story that ran under this headline: “San Francisco Ponders: Could Bike Lanes Cause Pollution?” Prof. S. offers this summary:

Basically, it’s a story of a guy who sued to stop bike lanes from being created by pointing out the city failed to do an environmental review, which he argues would show bike lanes are worse for the environment.

There’s also a short video. And no, alert reader Pete, I’m not posting this to restart the bike-car war — few are more weary of that conflict than Roadguy. The only real criterion: I found the story worth reading. (Speaking of Pete, click on his name for a photo essay of his impressively lengthy bike commute.)

Also from Prof. S. and the WSJ is this opinion piece critical of lowering the speed limit.

Alert reader Art, meanwhile, directs our attention to this Q&A, in which the author of the previously discussed “Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)” handles some questions from readers of nytimes.com.

We conclude today with a little anecdote shared by the original Greengirl, whom Roadguy encountered yesterday here in the drab hallways of headquarters. Turns out that, very recently, Greengirl was a passenger in a car in Wisconsin, and the driver decided to make a U-turn at an intersection with a signal. Alert readers like Greengirl know that this is a big no-no in Dairyland, but before she could properly voice her concerns to the driver, the deed was done — and the po-po quickly pulled the car over.

Alas, a transportation blogger can only help those who read him.

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