Oh, poor Rich Turbin, stuck in his personal automobile during rush hour traffic in downtown Honolulu (“Poorly planned bike lanes endanger all, Island Voices, Star-Advertiser, Dec. 19)! Next time I zip by on my bicycle in the “useless bike lane” on Alakea Street, I will make sure to wave and smile. If only he would read his own words, he would see the obvious solution to his frustration: Join us!

There is now an amazing diversity of battery and pedal-powered bicycles out there for you to enjoy the fresh air, exercise, and, yes, a little schadenfreude, of cruising around town on a bike, now made just a little safer and more convenient with the growing number of bicycle lanes that take up not even an entire automobile lane of traffic, except for those two-way cycle tracks that allow bikes to go both ways on major thoroughfares.

Thank you, Complete Streets. Keep up the good work!

Travis Idol

Downtown Honolulu

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