To the Editor:

I’ve been a frequent bicyclist using Wiggins to access the center of Princeton. There’s not enough of Wiggins or Hamilton — street and sidewalk — for everyone to use it safely if everyone comes at it from the standpoint of their right to use it. We all need to be thinking of the one another’s safety.

I see no reason why bicyclists shouldn’t use a sidewalk at times if they slow down and are courteous near a pedestrian. There is no reason why a driver should object to letting a bicyclist get past a few parked cars. It may take a little more time to take Hawthorne or Spruce, but they offer good, safer alternatives.

My experience has been that almost all drivers are courteous and careful and that police are more interested in helping us solve our problem together than in legalistic enforcement. I rather enjoy the exchange of courtesies.

John Powell

Snowden Lane