TOMORROW, CYCLISTS ACROSS THEGREATER CINCINNATI WILL KICKOFF THEIR ANNUAL "BIKE MONTH" CECELEBRATION.AS TRANSPORTATIONREPORTER PAT LAFLEUR EXPLAINS,THIS IS A GOOD TIME FOR AREFRESHER ON THE RULES OF THEROAD.I'M HERE AT THE CITY'S ONLYPROTECTED BIKE LANES, WHICHRUN UP AND DOWN CENTRALPARKWAY.FOR MOST OF THE DAY, APARKING LANE AND THESEBOLLARDS SEPARATE CARS FROMBIKES.

BUT THROUGHOUT MOST OFTHE CITY, THE TWO HAVE TOCOEXIST ON THE ROAD.ROAD.RICHARD HUNT CAN OFTEN BESEEN RIDING HIS BICYCLE FROMHIS HYDE PARK HOME TO HISCOFFEE SHOP AND BOOKSTORE ATTHE FOOT OF THE ROEBLINGBRIDGE IN COVINGTON.COVINGTON.We have found this to be areally active community.There's certainly a lot ofpeople walking all the time.There's a lot of bicyclists.bicyclists.FOR MOST OF HIS AND HISCUSTOMERS' RIDES TO AND FROMHIS SHOP, THEY ARE SHARINGLANES OF TRAFFIC WITH CARS ANDTRUCKS.FOR SOME, THAT CAN BE INTINTIMIDATING.Certainly, I think we are inneed of real infrastructurehere.

There's no bike lanesaside from the stand-alone trailtrails.THAT MAKES IT EXTRA IMPORTANTTHAT BOTH DRIVERS AND CYCLISTSARE AWARE OF THE RULES OF THEROAD.

THAT'S ACCORDING TOJASON RESER, WHO OWNS RESERBICYCLE OUTFITTERS IN NEWPORT.NEWPORT.A lot of folks aren't superfamiliar with the rules of theroad in regards to bicyclesand cars, and the interaction ththere.SOME COMMON MISCONCEPTIONSRESER POINTED OUT WERE:CYCLISTS DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOWTRAFFIC SIGNALS -- THEY DO.THEY BELONG ALL THE WAY OVERON THE RIGHT SHOULDER --SOMETIMES THAT'S NOT SAFE.

OR-- THE MOST COMMON -- THEYBELONG ON THE SIDEWALK.AS FORTHAT LAST ONE:ONE:A lot of places, it's notactually legal, and it's lesssafe.

You wouldn't want abiker doing 20 miles per hourdown a sidewalk, you know,with someone stepping out of a ddoor.HE SAID IT'S ALSO HARDERFOR DRIVERS TO SEE CYCLISTS IFTHEY'RE ON THE SIDEWALK.SIDEWALK.A cyclists moving 15, 20 milesper hour coming up to anintersection or a drivewayreally might not be seen.seen.ULTIMATELY, RESER SAID THESPOT FOR BIKES IS THE SAME ASFOR CARS -- ON THE ROAD:ROAD:If they're riding safe,they'll be riding like a vehiclevehicle.AND HERE'S ANOTHER TIP YOUMIGHT NOT KNOW: IN OHIO ANDKENTUCKY, IT'S LEGAL TO PASSBICYCLISTS, EVEN IF IT MEANSCROSSING A DOUBLE-YELLOW LINE.REPORTING FROM THE CENTRALPARKWAY BIKE LANE, PATLAFLEUR, 9 ON YOUR SIDE.SIDE.