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From: Radey Shouman <shouman@comcast.net>
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
Subject: Re: Lost your home? Car? Everything? Thank a bicyclist and the California road diet.
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 14:04:47 -0500
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Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> writes:

> On Tue, 14 Jan 2025 13:33:59 -0500, Radey Shouman
> <shouman@comcast.net> wrote:
>>There are some of those in the US as well.  Here's a story on the
>>history of an ordinarily mysterious one, which I found entertaining:
>>
>>https://tylervigen.com/the-mystery-of-the-bloomfield-bridge
>
> Thanks.  Interesting detective story.  It took me over and hour to
> read because the phone kept ringing.
>
> There's also a bicycle related connection that starts at "IS IT A
> REGULATION?"  The stairs were designed to have ramps that are the
> width of bicycle tires to make it easier to push bicycles up the
> stairs.  Click on the tiny "note" for details.

I read that, and though that would hardly pass muster today, the era of
the ADA.

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