Category Archives: Cycle tracks

Guest posting: P. M. Summer on a new breed of bicycle professionals

Posted on May 27, 2010 by jsallen

P. M. Summer is the former bicycle coordinator of Dallas, Texas, who was removed from his job because of his conservative approach to bicycle facilities. I post the following with his permission: There is a whole new breed of bicycle … Continue reading →

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German cycling organization’s comments on cycle tracks

Posted on March 29, 2010 by jsallen

Here are the comments in English. The translation is posted with permission granted by Heinz Brockmann of the ADFC (German Cycling Federation) Bottrop chapter. Many thanks! And here is the same document in the original German. Please note that the … Continue reading →

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Ciccarelli on cycle tracks

Posted on March 19, 2010 by jsallen

John Ciccarelli is a consultant on bicycling and a League of American Bicyclists-certified cycling instructor who specializes in teaching adults who have never ridden a bicycle before. His comments here are reprinted by permission, and are in response to an … Continue reading →

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Concord Avenue dream and nightmare

Posted on March 19, 2010 by jsallen

(The links below will work better if you first click on the headline above so you are viewing only this single post). Overview | Present Road Diet | Proposed Footprint |Crash Risks | Operational Issues | Suggestions | Details | … Continue reading →

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Safe separation with the Copenhagen curb?

Posted on February 28, 2010 by jsallen

How does a Copenhagen cycle track make bicycling safer? By putting bicyclists behind a low curb, a curb which a motor vehicle with its big tires can mount, but a bicycle can’t. The curb increases safety for bicyclists the way … Continue reading →

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Copenhagen in 1937 — what can it tell us?

Posted on December 22, 2009 by jsallen

I thank Ralph Fertig of the Santa Barbara, California Bicycle Coalition for drawing the attention of the bicycling community to the following fascinating travelogue from Copenhagen, shot in Technicolor in 1937. Not all of the film is about bicycling, but … Continue reading →

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Hawthorne Bridge discussion gets thorny

Posted on November 9, 2008 by jsallen

Riding a bicycle on a sidewalk is rarely a better choice than riding in the street, but it is better on the Hawthorne bridge in Portland, Oregon, which has a narrow roadway with a treacherous steel-grid deck. I first rode … Continue reading →

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