Tag Archives: traffic calming

“Shared space” — longer video and discussion

This post is a companion to my earlier one titled “No Rules.” The video here shows my entire ride on Commercial Street in Provincetown, Massachusetts, with a forward and rearward view, while the one in “No Rules” shows only highlights … Continue reading

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No rules?

Quite by chance, I encountered an advocate of “shared space” and had a conversation with him at the start of a ride I undertook to illustrate the concept. The advocate expressed that there are “no rules” in this kind of … Continue reading

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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

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18 mph Speed Limit: European? Sensible? Read On.

In two consecutive issues of the estimable Southwest Cycling News (print) publication, I have seen the picture below. Editor Fred Meredith shot the photo of the sign on a bicycle boulevard — a low-traffic, residential street configured as a through … Continue reading

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In defense of neighborhood traffic circles

In a post to an e-mail list, I made the statement: On narrow streets in residential areas…small traffic circles at intersections can slow traffic and reduce the temptation to use those streets for through travel… …which elicited the following response from … Continue reading

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Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC: Incredible Shrinking Bike Lanes

Slam dunk indeed. It turned out that bicyclists were slammed, and dunked.
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