How can I promote bicycling in a manner that is consistent with bicycle driving?
• Lobby for the removal of laws that discriminate against the rights of bicyclists to act as drivers of vehicles (especially bicyclist-specific laws that require bicyclists to use bike lanes or sidepaths or to keep right). • Educate law enforcement officers, government officials, school administrators, children, and the general public about bicycle driving. • Deliver educational messages about bicycle driving and bicycle safety through public service announcements, posters, billboards, articles, and classes, including physical education classes in schools. • Encourage biking and walking to school by children, and discourage parent chauffering. • Encourage the use of narrow outside lanes when constructing and remodeling roads, perhaps marked with “sharrows” or bikes-may-use-full-lane signs to clearly indicate that bicyclists are allowed to control an entire lane. • Encourage the use of wide (shareable) outside lanes, without bike lane markings, when constructing and remodeling roads. •
