I have been almost run down by cyclists on the sidewalk for years now but I also sympathize with the cyclists desire not to ride on the road as it is very dangerous. I would appreciate the city finding a compromise so that cyclists don't have to "choose between two evils" and those of us on foot can walk with safety on the sidewalk.

The law prevails on this one (sorry George) Bicycles are a vehicle or traffic and should not dart from the sidewalk into crosswalks without any regard for traffic signals- this occurs way too often at Prospect and Sachem (byYale Whale) I see YPD officers ignore this as do Yale Security on bikes on the sidewalks.

I agree with George's valid safety concerns, but that's a different issue.

Downtown illegal Yale biking should be enforced. Yale can't teach these kids anything by way of common sense.

Neither the street design nor the current traffic laws are practical for safe bicycle riding. If they were, you would see far more compliance. This tired debate needs to move beyond indicting people for behaving in their rational self interest (ie. choosing the sidewalk instead of a road with no accommodation for biking or riding through an intersection with pedestrian signals) and toward solutions based on street designs and city planning that makes moving around more pleasant and safer for everyone.

Nope...
Common sense seems to be rather uncommon with that lot.

NHPD should start ticketing.

Take pictures of the lawless cyclist.Shame them into conformity. It appears to be young males as the worse offenders.Hot doggin and showin off , Oh yeah they're playing for a camera anyway.
It kinda suspicious and/or sickening actually , Because these Hot Rod Mavericks really blast onto the sidewalk and ride hard and fast , Not at all as if a car forced a genteel gent off of the road , But aggressive and mean..
Reminds me of Jaywalking Court personnel on Elm & Church , dancing in the street then professing that there's a problem with jaywalking etc.

There is an editorial in today's Register referencing the need for Connecticut to impose safety rules on bicyclists in recreational areas such as the Farmington Canal Trail because of the two deaths in Central Park where bicyclists killed pedestrians. I don't disagree that attention should be paid to that aspect of pedestrian safety as well but I think our need for some resolution to the daily actions of bicyclists on our sidewalks must be found before someone is seriously hurt or even killed on our streets. We have a very active bicyclists group here in New Haven and perhaps they have some ideas as to how to make the streets safer for everyone. While I don't disagree either with Mr. Higbee's position of a plan for safer street design I think that is a long range vision. I'd like to be and feel safer on the sidewalk now and before I get seriously hurt by a bicyclist who thinks the sidewalk belongs to him/her.

Here's one guy on a bike who is lucky that he wasn't...Well just lucky,or is he on the wrong side of the road , Or is this Europe -
http://youtu.be/ho0ClzuAvH0

I can understand your concern, but it is real dangerous for bikers to ride on Whitney Ave, cause they have the chance of getting killed by riding on Whitney Ave. or another heavily traveled road in New Haven. I have ridden a bike on Whitney Ave and got run off the road by someone.
Many people ride bikes to work for pleasure and that is many less cars polluting the air.

This is a suggestion to the complainer, try riding a bike yourself.

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