Category Archives: Cycle tracks

Danish story, video and comments on the Albertslund-Copenhagen “bicycle superhighway”

Posted on September 4, 2012 by jsallen

A reader pointed me to a news story on the politiken.dk blog about the Copenhagen/Albertslund “bicycle superhighway” which is getting attention and publicity. The reader’s comments on my previous post read: Yeah, its kind of joke, but to be fair … Continue reading →

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The Photoshop School of Traffic Engineering strikes again!

Posted on August 29, 2012 by jsallen

The Photoshop School of Traffic Engineering strikes again, this time in Minneapolis. For background, please read the Minneapolis blog post: http://www.ouruptown.com/2012/08/potential-cycle-track-coming-to-36th-street Also please read John Schubert’s comment on that post. I’ve added a comment too — still in moderation as … Continue reading →

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Fatality on Montreal cycle track

Posted on August 10, 2012 by jsallen

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 →

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A ride on Comm Ave., Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Posted on June 15, 2012 by jsallen

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 Avenue. I recommend that you view it on Vimeo site, in full-screen high definition. … Continue reading →

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Seville: bikeway color choice by popular poll

Posted on April 4, 2011 by jsallen

Please excuse the Spanish in the illustration below — though really, the content is self-evident. English resumes after the illustration. This post is a follow-up to the earlier one, “what color is your bike lane?”, which made the points, among … Continue reading →

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Report from Seville

Posted on April 3, 2011 by jsallen

A Spanish advocate of integrated cycling about conditions in Seville: Disastrous: officially (according to the Seville City Council), some 120 km of segregated cycle lanes (most of them bidirectional) have been built at an official cost of 30 million Euros. … Continue reading →

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The Gilham Road raised bike lane, Eugene, Oregon

Posted on March 31, 2011 by jsallen

I don’t think we are going to do that design again, but it was an interesting experiment. Continue reading →

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Mountable curbs

Posted on March 30, 2011 by jsallen

Mountable curbs have been suggested as a way to separate bike lanes or so-called “cycle tracks” from the rest of the street. I am not in favor of such curbs. After all, any obstacle has hazard potential, and a mountable … Continue reading →

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Davis Planners and Advocates Opine on Sidepaths

Posted on November 7, 2010 by jsallen

This post supplements my previous post linking to documents about Davis bicycle facilities. Please bear in mind that Davis was the first community to introduce bike lanes in the USA, and that its bicycle program strongly favors conventional bike lanes, … Continue reading →

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Guest posting by John Schubert: New York, City of Confrontation

Posted on October 28, 2010 by jsallen

Responding to an article in the New York Times, [archived] a correspondent asked John Schubert Why isn’t NYC concerned about being sued because of lousy bike-lane- design-caused wrecks? and he replied: Good question. I think it’s important to know the … Continue reading →

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