Austin Police Ticket 47 Campus-Area Cyclists on 'Bike to UT Day'

[mike_c]

1. speaking as a lifelong cyclist and a university prof...

...hardly a day goes by that I don't wish campus cops or the local police would enforce rider laws more regularly. Blowing through stop signs, weaving on and off sidewalks, and turning without signalling are only a few problems that I see every day. Too many cyclists think they're pedestrians. On the other hand, more cyclists need to learn how to command their place in traffic when necessary so they don't have to cut across traffic from the right shoulder to make left turns, and so on. But yeah, cycling is a mess on most campuses I've ever seen.