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Fatality on Montreal cycle track
As reported in a Montreal Gazette article, a Montreal cyclist was killed on July 24, 2012 when traveling in a two-way cycle track at the location shown in the Google Street View image below. The cyclist entered the intersection from … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Cycle tracks, Sidepaths
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bike path, bikeway, collision, crash, crosswalk, cycle track, cycle tracks, fatal, fatality, Montreal, safety, traffic, truck
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About Grant Petersen’s book, Just Ride
This post is a review of Grant Petersen’s book Just Ride, partly in response to a New York Times review. The basic premise of Petersen’s book is that racing culture is bad for bicycling. My main goal with this book … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Books, Reviews
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, book, Grant Petersen, Peteren
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Amsterdam, cycling paradise?
The caption on YouTube: Things I see on the streets and canals of Amsterdam. Shot on my Galaxy S2 phone. This guy was having trouble driving his tiny van down the bike lane (which he has a right to do, … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
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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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M. Kary’s review of the Lusk et al. Montreal bikeway study — A compendium of errors and omissions, or: What is not in this article
Montreal resident, cyclist and mathematician M. Kary has reviewed the study by Lusk et al. of Montreal’s two-way one-side of-the-street barrier-separated on-street bikeways. The study by Lusk et al. purports to show that the bikeways are 28% safer than riding … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
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Review of December 2011 fatal truck-bicycle collision at MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts
The MIT student newspaper, The Tech, has obtained police reports about last December’s fatal bicycle-truck collision at Massachusetts Avenue and Vassar Street in Cambridge. I have reviewed the story in The Tech and the police reports, and posted my review … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
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Two ways to cross a street
Cyclist Richard Moeur stars in this video comparing the time it takes to cross the same intersection as a rolling pedestrian, or as a vehicle operator. A light rail train, a homeless person and a number of motor vehicles also … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
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About the Austin colored bike lane marking report
Please read the Austin, Texas colored bike-lane report, Effects of Colored Lane Markings on Bicyclist and Motorist Behavior at Conflict Areas in connection with this review of it. My comments: In the Executive Summary: The report says: Conflicts are common … Continue reading
About the Austin Bicycles May Use Full Lane report
This is a review of an Austin, Texas Bicycles May Use Full Lane (BMUFL) sign report. All in all, I consider this a useful report, though it has serious weaknesses. The finding that the BMUFL sign improved motorist behavior is … Continue reading
About the Austin, Texas bike box study
Concerning the Austin, Texas bike box report — For background, let me first describe the difference between driver behavior by bicyclists, and so-called edge behavior. Driver behavior is riding a bicycle according to the ordinary rules of the road for … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
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