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Tag Archives: bicycle
Parklet: win-win or win-lose?
Near the right side of the photo below is a “parklet,” a seating area which replaces a couple of parking spaces on Somerville Avenue in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. A parklet may also contain a planting, as this one does. A … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bike lanes
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, Boston, Forge Baking Company, Massachusetts, park.et, pedestrian, safety, Somerville
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Bruce Epperson’s examination of bike-share legalities
Bruce Epperson is a lawyer and bicycle historian in Florida, USA. Bruce’s comment on a previous post drew my attention. Several years back (2014 or 2015) I wrote a detailed analysis of the legal status of bike-share operations in Florida. … Continue reading
Mighk Wilson’s report on Orlando bicycle crashes
Mighk Wilson, who works for the Orlando, Florida metropolitan planning organization, has prepared a very interesting study of bicycle crashes in the Orlando area based on a database of 5,000 crashes, 2011-2017. The study is important in that it distinguishes … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Bike lanes, Crashes, Cycle tracks, Sidepaths
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bike path, bikeway, collision, crash, cycle track, cycle tracks, Florida, Metroplan Orlando, Mighk Wilson, motor vehicle, Orlando, research, safety, sidepath, sidewalk, traffic
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Some comments on electric scooters
At various dates in 2018, companies Bird, Lime, Skip and Spin have released dockless electrically-powered scooters into a number of US cities — sometimes with approval from the city government, sometimes without. These scooters represent more or less a third … Continue reading
The definitive paper about loop detectors, published 1986
The City of San Diego, California, USA published its Traffic Signal Bicycle Detection Study Final Report in 1986. I have scanned a copy of the document and posted it online. This report’s main topic is inductive-loop traffic-signal detectors. These are … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Traffic Signals
Tagged actuator, bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, collision, crash, LIDAR, loop detector, motor vehicle, safety, San Diego, traffic, traffic signal, video
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Fewer roads in the future?
I’m responding to a comment on the facebook post which started with the sharing of the 13-lane animation on which I commented in my previous post on this blog. A commenter stated: …I don’t think it oversells the space because … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged autonomous, bicycle, Bicycling, bikeway, future, motor vehicle, road, safety, traffic, utopia, vehicle, wheel
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Another inaccurate use-of-space display
Where is there a street with 13 lanes in one direction? Show me one, please. Not even in Los Angeles. Problem is, no city could have enough parking to support the amount of traffic such a street would carry, and … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bikeway, bus, car, cycle track, cycle tracks, motorvehicle, pedestrian, space, urban, vehicle
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Doored in Union Square
https://danconnor.com/posts/541542fd45b74d6952000001/on_the_video_in_which_i_am_doored_by_a_taxi (Note: the video is no longer online but a screen clip is on another page.) I see a lot of people who comment here discussing fault. Fault and crash prevention are not the same. I’ll take crash prevention any … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Bike lanes, New York City, Sidepaths
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, collision, crash, New York, safety, traffic, video
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Description and history of the location of the Tempe crash
Comments from Reed Kempton, a Senior Planner with the Maricopa County Department of Transportation, late in the day on March 21. This is an addition to my earlier post about the crash. I thank Reed for his permission to post … Continue reading
Posted in Crashes
Tagged Arizona, bicycle, collision, crash, fatality, Maricopa County, pedestrian, Reed Kepton, safety, Tempe, traffic, Uber
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The Tempe crash
The dashcam video in the recent Tempe crash which killed a woman walking across the street with a bicycle has now been released. To me, it is quite clear that the human driver was dozing off or distracted and that … Continue reading
Posted in Crashes
Tagged bicycle, collision, crash, fatality, Maricopa County, pedestrian, Reed Kempton, rizona, safety, Tempe, traffic, Uber
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