Category Archives: Sidepaths

Mandatory sidepath laws, state by state

I don’t like mandatory sidepath laws for bicyclists, but I like the one in the Transportation Bill, applying to roads on Federal lands, even less. (d) BICYCLE SAFETY.—The Secretary of the appropriate Federal land management agency shall prohibit the use … Continue reading

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Examples of Sidepaths in National Parks

A commenter on the Washcycle blog where I first read of the mandatory sidepath provision in the Transportation Bill had the following to say: In most parts of the country NPS, BLM and other stewards of Federal land are the … Continue reading

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Transportation Bill Includes Draconian Mandatory Sidepath Provision

Concerning the transportation bill currently making its way through the U. S. Senate committee process, please see this analysis on the Washcycle blog. The bill has adverse effects on funding, and also it contains the most draconian mandatory sidepath provision … Continue reading

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When the marketing department plays traffic engineer

The photo shows “Cycle Lane” raised barriers, from the company Traffic Logix, on Long Island, New York, USA. Here’s a quote from a page on the company’s Web site promoting  the barriers. CycleLane is a smart, safe solution that provides … Continue reading

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Dr. Furth’s and his students’ plan for South Brookline

On March 14, 2011, I attended a meeting in Brookline, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. At that meeting, Dr. Peter Furth of Northeastern University, and some of his students, gave a presentation on proposals for street reconstruction and bikeways in … Continue reading

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Seville: bikeway color choice by popular poll

Please excuse the Spanish in the illustration below — though really, the content is self-evident. English resumes after the illustration. This post is a follow-up to the earlier one, “what color is your bike lane?”, which made the points, among … Continue reading

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Report from Seville

A Spanish advocate of integrated cycling about conditions in Seville: Disastrous: officially (according to the Seville City Council), some 120 km of segregated cycle lanes (most of them bidirectional) have been built at an official cost of 30 million Euros. … Continue reading

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The Gilham Road raised bike lane, Eugene, Oregon

I don’t think we are going to do that design again, but it was an interesting experiment. Continue reading

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Green Wave, Checkered Flag?

I am writing this post in response to comments by Mighk Wilson and Khalil Spencer on another post on this blog. They discussed the difficulty of cycling in a city with synchronized traffic signals (a “green wave”) set to a … Continue reading

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Guest posting by John Schubert: New York, City of Confrontation

Responding to an article in the New York Times, a correspondent asked John Schubert Why isn’t NYC concerned about being sued because of lousy bike-lane- design-caused wrecks? and he replied: Good question. I think it’s important to know the answer … Continue reading

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