We figure it’s worth the reminder. Joan Pasiuk, Director of Bike/Walk Twin Cities (which is an initiative of Transit for Livable Communities) published a letter to the editor of the St. Paul Pioneer Press reminding all that bicyclists have the same rights to the road as motorists.

Bikes are traffic

Minnesota law gives bicycles the same rights and responsibilities as motor vehicles. The roadways are common ground: bicycles don’t impede traffic; bicycles ARE traffic. Moral superiority or horsepower superiority aside, let’s be clear about the role of bikes in an urban environment. Replacing more car miles with more bicycle miles makes our region a better place to live.

JOAN PASIUK

St. Paul

The writer is program director of Bike/Walk Twin Cities, an Initiative of Transit for Livable Communities.

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