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Tag Archives: pedestrian
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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Lane Control on Lexington Street
Here’s a video showing a bicycle ride on a constant mile-long upslope, at speeds of 10 to 12 miles per hour (16 to 20 km/h), on a suburban 4-lane speedway with narrow lanes and no shoulders, the most challenging street … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, Boston, lane, lane control, law, Lexington, Massachusetts, motor vehicle, pedestrian, safety, traffic, vehicle, Waltham
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Ogden, Utah skateboarder stop
There’s plenty of confusion to go around here. http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=35631391 Deputy: “I don’t care, you’re right in the middle of the road.” No, the boarder was on the shoulder, at least in the part of the video the TV station broadcast. … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Bike lanes
Tagged law, Ogden, pedestrian, police, sidewalk, skateboard, traffic, Utah, vehicle
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Change lanes in a roundabout?
Ohio cyclist Patricia Kovacs posted an e-mail asking some questions about roundabouts: Ohio engineers are telling us to use the inner lane for left turns and U turns. Both the FHWA [Federal Highway Administration] and videos available on our local … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Bike lanes, Roundabouts, traffic circles, Traffic Signals
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, crash, crosswalk, pedestrian, rotary, roundabout, safety, traffic, traffic circle, vehicle, video
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Monsere, Dill et al. — Not Yet a Review, But…
M. Kary, who prepared a review of the Lusk et al Montreal study, has had a preliminary look at the Monsere, Dill et al. study of barrier-separated on-street bikeways (“cycle tracks”) which the bicycle industry lobby PeopleforBikes is promoting as … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Cycle tracks
Tagged an Francisco, Austin, bicycle, Bicycling, bikeway, Chicago, collision, conflict, crash, cycle track, cycle tracks, DC, District of Columbia, pedestrian, Portland, protected, research, safety, sidepath, traffic, vehicle, video, Washington
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Bike Box at Charlesgate East
This post is about the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue eastbound and Charlesgate East in Boston, Massachusetts, an intersection with a “bike box” — a waiting area for bicyclists downstream of where motorists stop for traffic signals. More generally, this post … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike box, bike lane, Boston, crash, crosswalk, law, Massachusetts, motor vehicle, Oregon, pedestrian, safety, sidewalk, traffic signal, vehicle, vehicular, video
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Cycle track mania on the slippery slope in Somerville, Massachusetts
My attention recently was drawn to a proposed project for Beacon Street in Somerville Massachusetts, a couple of towns away from where I live.. A presentation from a public meeting is online here: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Y_jIpLYtpycEZNOUVTNUYxQVU/edit (I was unfortunately not able to … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged beacon, Beacon Street, bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bike path, bikeway, Boston, collision, crash, crosswalk, cycle tracks, Massachusetts, pedestrian, safety, sidepath, sidewalk, Somervill, vehicle, vehicular
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A ride on Comm Ave., Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Comm Ave. Boston: Kenmore Square, Mass Ave. underpass from John Allen on Vimeo. This is a 4-minute continuous video of a bicycle ride in Boston, eastbound on Commonwealth Avenue through Kenmore Square, to and through the underpass at Massachusetts … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Bike box, Bike lanes, Cycle tracks
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike box, bike lane, Boston, Bowker Overpass, Comm. Ave., Commonwealth Avenue, crosswalk, Fenway, Fenway Park, Kenmore, Kenmore Square, Mass. Ave., Massachusetts, Massachusetts Avenue, pedestrian, safety, traffic, traffic signal, video
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On the Dangerous by Design report
I’m commenting briefly on a report about walking conditions in the USA at http://t4america.org/docs/dbd2011/Dangerous-by-Design-2011.pdf which has been cited in a New York Times article today. I regard this report as generally good in its description of walking conditions. It is … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Bike lanes
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike path, Boston, crosswalk, Dangerous by Design, New York Times, Orlando, pedestrian, safety, sidewalk, traffic, traffic calming, walking
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Equal rights = equity?
Equity, or sometimes equality, is the 6th “E” most recently added to the original three in traffic safety programs which were used as far back as the 1930s: engineering, education and enforcement, and two other E’s which were applied to … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Laws
Tagged bicycle, civil rights, education, encouragement, enforcement, engineering, equality, equity, evaluation, integration, pedestrian, segregation
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