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Boston expert design

Here’s a video of the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and St. Mary Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, an example of the design expertise which earns Boston its place with the League of American Bicyclists as a Bicycle Friendly City. The video … Continue reading

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The Six-Way in Rush Hour

Here’s another video showing conditions at the six-way intersection of 16th Street, U Street and New Hampshire Avenue NW in Washington, DC, where special bicycle facilities have been installed. The Six-Way in Rush Hour from John Allen on Vimeo. Also … Continue reading

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Scaling up and scaling down

New York bicycling advocate Steve Faust has stated that some ways of accommodating bicycling do not “scale up” — that is, they work with small numbers of cyclists, but less well with larger numbers. His central complaint is that use … Continue reading

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James Mackay on bike box implementations

Bicycle advance stop line implementations I saw in Europe amounted to a five-legged stool, with resultant stability and functionality.

I get very concerned with American implementations that amount to a two-legged stool. Continue reading

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Comparing crosswalk and bike box

Let’s just get it straight: bike boxes as commonly understood and implemented are a “buzzword” facility whose popularity is based on misconceptions, and which flies in the face of any common understanding of how to achieve traffic safety. Continue reading

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