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Author Archives: jsallen
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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Simultaneous greens: bicycle roundabout?
An article on the UKrant.nl Web site describes an intersection in the Netherlands with simultaneous green lights in all directions for bicyclists. This works the same in theory as an exclusive pedestrian phase. The headline, “How to Survive Simultaneous Greens” … Continue reading
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
New York Bike Lane Promotional Video
This video is long on promotion and unbalanced, weak on anything which approaches a description of a comprehensive bicycle program. Parking? Enforcement? Education? Other infrastructure? 0:00 Leads with fear and hyperbole. “Let’s be honest. For many people, the thought of … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bikeway, green paint, New York, safety
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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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Counterrotating spins about blind spots, from Germany
This post is a translation of an article on the site of the ADFC (German bicyclists’ association), to which I have added comments, in indented italics as here. The German original is at https://adfc-berlin.de/radverkehr/sicherheit/information-und-analyse/121-fahrradunfaelle-in-berlin-unfallstatistik/222-exkurs-der-tote-winkel.html. For a different approach which could … Continue reading
About dockless bike share
Faulty business model…doesn’t work in China — mountains of abandoned bikes; doesn’t work here. Can work for the company if the bikes are so cheap that they recoup their cost in a few trips, before being vandalized or disappearing. But … Continue reading
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
https://www.facebook.com/urbanthoughts11/videos/570538686622524 [no ling3er available] 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 … 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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Motordom and the Mohawk Trail
Relentless promotion, political and business manipulation by “motordom” (follow the money…) have been held largely responsible for the triumph of motoring in the USA in the early 20th Century. Peter Norton’s book Fighting Traffic is the best-known work making this … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Books, Reviews
Tagged advocacy, Berkshire Country, Berkshires, book, Hoosac Mountain, Hoosac Tunnel, Massachusetts, Mohawk Trail, motor vehicle, New York, North Adams, Route 2, Taconic, Vermont
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