Spartan Daily - Serving San Jose State University since 1934

Seventh Street is a good north/south connector through downtown, with bike lanes to the south, and fairly quiet streets to the north. It would be great if it were safe and legal to bike 7th Street through campus, instead of diverting to 3rd/4th or 10th/11th.

Paul Metz
San Jose State Alum

It is pretty sad that someone that rides his bike 100 miles a week still feels threatened by them. Tell him to take a walk on the Stanford campus sometime! Even if his worst fears are true, the worst damage a bike/ped collision can do is much less than a car/bike collision or in car accidents in general. 45k people a year die in car accidents. Are there any fatalities due to non-car related bike accidents? (well maybe just a few, but perhaps he should look up the number if he is going to make such an argument). Anything that cuts down on cars on the road is a good thing. This guy is just a curmudgeon.