From: Kent Anderson

Columbus

Received: June 30

Last week you carried a letter to the editor in which the reader noted that Columbus is not a bike-friendly city. I would like to say that I disagree.

I am a regular cyclist and have spent over seven years biking to work here.

In those seven years I observed that the extreme majority of Columbus drivers are very friendly towards cyclists.

I regularly had motorists waving me through at four-way stops, even when they had the right of way.

In seven years, I have only had one person yell at me.

Once, I even had a mother in a minivan stop and offer to put my bike in her car and drive me home due to the heat. How nice is that?

I have had no problems with people cutting me off or other things such as those mentioned in last week’s letter.

I have always worked to share the road with cars just as cars have shared it with me. Courtesy brings courtesy.

I think Columbus is full of courteous drivers and a very bike-friendly place.

Show me another town where when two vehicles arrive at a four-way stop at the same time, they get into a “wave the other person through the stop sign” hand signaling argument!

Columbus is full of Hoosier hospitality and we are blessed to live here.

Think your friends should see this? Share it with them!