A cyclist in full riding gear run a stop sign in front of me while driving yesterday. Had the nerve to give me the finger.

Please let us know how this should be enforced if the police are not called.

Code Enforcement does not have authority to stop a bicyclist since it represents a seizure of that person. The police are the only entity authorized to stop a person's movements.

The best we can do is notify the police after the fact. They will likely tell us to have the person reporting this make a call at the time of the incident so they can address it right away.

We will pass this on to the police.

BPD has openly admitted that they do not ticket cyclists violating the law. Simply stated, there is no recourse when tickets arent paid. BPD wont enforce the rules of the road when it applies to cyclists.

The issue here is calling BPD doesnt do a thing. I passed a cyclist on 127 yesterday, no point in reporting the violation.

"BPD has openly admitted that they do not ticket cyclists violating the law. Simply stated, there is no recourse when tickets arent paid. BPD wont enforce the rules of the road when it applies to cyclists."

BPD probably has their hands full with all of the scofflaw drivers, including the ones driving the wrong way or in the bike lane down North Winooski. Enforcement isn't really a solution, since it obviously doesn't stop bad drivers from driving badly.

Has anything changed here? Has there been any new infrastructure to prevent wrong way cycling in this area? The problem isn't going to magically go away.

At what point will the cycling community advocate for regulation and enforcement? Unless they dont want to be treated as another vehicle on the road.

I continually tell people on bikes to ride with the rules. Advocating for regulation and enforcement is kind of pointless when there's no infrastructure.

Considering that the biggest threat on the road is cars, we should work to mitigate this issue before we go after people on bikes running stop signs.

There are roads, lights, sidewalks, stop signs, etc. We have infrastructure which cyclists can legally use while obeying the rules of the road.

And we also have cars driving on these roads, hitting, hurting, and killing other people using that same infrastructure. Enforcement isn't working for this problem either.

When scofflaw bicyclists start hurting and killing other road users in mass I will be more concerned about it. In the meantime, my daily commute is made difficult by drivers trying to intimidate or threaten me off of the road.

wow, cars using the roadways?..isn't that why we built them..with tax money?, and created laws of the road for safety?...hey, bicyclists loses every time there is an accident, you'd think that'd be enough..cars are not the issue, violators with a sense of entitlement are. I don't want any more of my tax money spent on the 1% of the populace. It is NOT a crime to drive a car legally.

North Winooski Avenue existed long before cars did. There used to be a streetcar that rode on it.

"bicyclists loses every time there is an accident, you'd think that'd be enough"

That's exactly why the laws exist. There are people in cars feeling entitled and harassing/harming other road users. That is, in fact, an issue. And we can continue to waste SeeClickFix bandwidth until you see that fact, if you would like.

"It is NOT a crime to drive a car legally."

No, of course it isn't. But we obviously are talking about the drivers who aren't paying attention or feel entitled to drive dangerously.

Fortunately, you aren't the only one paying taxes. I pay taxes too, and yes, my taxes also go to the roads. Safer roads are a greater good, and taxes should absolutely be spent on them. Really, you should want that too, because safer roads would stop people bicycling and driving the wrong way down North Winooski.

"cars are not the issue, violators with a sense of entitlement are."
Well said ICEU.

I have to agree with ICEU ...Why does sit seem that only Burlington is getting tied up with the idea that we have to spend so much time and money dealing with bicyclist. I travel all over the State and this is the only City that seems to be out of control with the idea. Have you noticed all the houses for sale in the northend ???

I have, in 30 years, rarely ever see a car go the wrong way down this state highway. Fire engines responding to an emergency?..YES....now even the lane for them is pinched even tighter with the huge bike lane stripe encroaching almost 18 feet into the middle of the highway. ...recently the Burl Police Chief openly states he doesn't want to tie up his officers enforcing Bicycle laws and the press prints it to further the entitlement mentality with no repercussions..I am sorry folks, NO ONE can dictate what laws to enforce. Enforce ALL or get rid if em.

"recently the Burl Police Chief openly states he doesn't want to tie up his officers enforcing Bicycle laws and the press prints it to further the entitlement mentality with no repercussions."

The Chief said last night at the Council Meeting that it was his officer's discretion to stop people riding bikes for moving violations. He also said that bike/car collisions make up 3% of the collisions in Burlington, and that there are more important problems to focus on, like the Opiod Crisis.

I used to sit at the ONE Pepper Grill and watch cars go the wrong way every time I was there. I also have shared that bike lane with cars driving in it. The problem with our experiences are that they aren't quantifiable. Only a formal study would show what's really going on down North Winooski.

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