scott wrote:
> Yeh, my short experience of the US made me think that the entire road
> system is not designed to cater for pedestrians or cyclists at all. 
> Making it by foot even short distances is a nightmare, footpaths just
> randomly end, you are forced to cross over large areas of parking lot or
> multiple-lanes where it is obvious nobody usually crosses, or walk along
> the side of the road because there is no path, it just felt really
> uncomfortable.  I even saw a sign that said "No Cycling" at the vehicle
> entrance to a shopping centre parking!  That just wouldn't be allowed here.
> 

I have seen a few signs like that at shopping malls, usually right next
to the racks for locking a bicycle to. In other cases, it is at the
entrance to the large parking structure. And with the way people drive
through those, I would not feel safe taking a bike into it.

The "No bicycles, No skateboards, No rollerskate, etc" signs that I have
seen are usually to keep out the kids who want a large open parking lot
to try new tricks in. Getting there via those methods is fine, but
riding around in the parking lot, or worse inside the shopping center,
is not.

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