Making sharing the Mercer Island loop safer.

From: Seattle Times (Seattle, WA) | Date: May 31, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Amy Roe

May 31--First, education. Then, a citation.

That's the tack Mercer Island is taking to quell conflicts between motorists and cyclists that seems to heat up with the weather each spring.

One City Council member says the initiative targets cyclists unfairly. Another says it's overdue.

The curvy Mercer Way loop around the island is one of the region's most popular bike rides, but there are two persistent problems. Sometimes...