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Tag Archives: bikeway
An undertaking undertaking
I answered this question on the Quora question-answering site. Who is at fault if a driver undertakes you from behind you while you are safely making a left turn on a one-way road? First, let’ define “undertaking”. That doesn’t mean … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Bike lanes
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bikeway, collision, crash, curb, law, pvertaking, right hook, safety, undertaking
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Some Dutch roundabouts
(Edited and updated March 30, 2024) Dutch roundabouts have received a lot of publicity, notably here: https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/tag/roundabout/ Roundabout design in the Netherlands has seen a long process of trial and error. A design used until bicyclists complained strongly enough about … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Roundabouts, shared space, Sidepaths, traffic circles
Tagged bikeway, collision, crosswalk, cycle track, cycle tracks, Dutch, Europe, Netherlands, pedestrian, roundabout, safety, sidepath, sidewalk, traffic, turbo, yield
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Brooklyn Bridge air horn blast
The Brooklyn Bridge, one of the engineering wonders of the world, opened in 1883 and is still in full service. (Highly recommended: David McCullough’s book The Great Bridge…) Traffic on the roadways when the bridge opened consisted of horseback riders, … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, New York City, shared space
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bike path, bikeway, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bridge, collision, crash, horn, Manhattan, New York, pedestrian, safety, traffic
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Protected?
The cyclist’s comment on this Youtube video: “This is why turn signals are important. Had she used a turn signal, I would have stayed back and let her turn. But because she didn’t use one, I assumed she was going … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Cycle tracks, Sidepaths
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bike path, bikeway, collision, crash, cycle track, cycle tracks, sidepath, traffic, traffic signal, vehicle, video
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PeopleforBikes Interprets Boulder Data
Here’s a quick review of an article by Michael Andersen of the PeopleforBikes Green Lane Project about the City of Boulder, Colorado’s removing what he calls a “protected bike lane”. I prefer to call it at barrier-separated on-street bikeway, avoiding … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Cycle tracks
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bikeway, Boulder, collision, colorado, crosswalk, cycle track, cycle tracks, Miahael Andersen, motor vehicle, pedestrian, Peopleforbikes, safety, sidepath, traffic
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The “Dutch Reach”
I have sent the following message to Dr. Michael Charney, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, promoter of the “Dutch Reach”. The “Dutch Reach” is motorists’ opening the driver’s side door with the opposite hand, so they must look back for bicyclists riding … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Bike lanes
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bikeway, collision, crash, cycle track, cycle tracks, door zone, dooring, Dutch Reach, law, Massachusetts, mirror, rear-view, rear-view mirror, safety, side-view, side-view mirror, traffic
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Montreal sidepath protects?
A classic right-hook collision occurred on August 26, 2015 in Montreal, where the cyclist was riding on a sidepath. Here’s a news report on the crash. As I’ve said repeatedly, sidepaths do not prevent crossing and turning collisions. The sidepath … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Cycle tracks
Tagged Berri, Berri Street, bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bike path, bikeway, Boulevard de Maisonneuve, Canada, Cherrier, Cherrier Street, crash, cycle track, cycle tracks, Maisonneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Rue Berri, Rue Cherrier, sidepath, traffic, vehicular
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Michael Colville’s Pitch
About the video here by Mikael Colville of copenhagenize.com: Mikael Colville’s talk in the video is introduced by a video clip of a rather sorry infrastructure situation, with a crowd of bicyclists slowly making their way forward, cramped in a … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bikeway, Colville, Copenhagen, copenhagenize, environmentalism, Europe, marketing, Mikael Colville, motor vehicle, vehicle
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The Slow Ride, redux
Bob Sutterfield writes: I don’t ride fast so I can participate safely in traffic. I participate in traffic so I can safely ride fast enough for my needs. If I were to ride in the gutter, on the bike path, … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bike path, bikeway, curb, cycle track, cycle tracks, path, pedestrian, safety, sidepath, slow, speed, Sutterfield, traffic, travel lane, vehicular
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Bruce Epperson’s observations on transportation funding
Bicycle historian Bruce Epperson has written a paper examining trends in transportation funding in the USA from the 1960s to the present. It makes interesting reading. With his permission, I have made the paper available in PDF format on this … Continue reading
