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Category Archives: shared space
Some Dutch roundabouts
(Edited and updated March 30, 2024) Dutch roundabouts have received a lot of publicity, notably here: https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/tag/roundabout/ Roundabout design in the Netherlands has seen a long process of trial and error. A design used until bicyclists complained strongly enough about … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Roundabouts, shared space, Sidepaths, traffic circles
Tagged bikeway, collision, crosswalk, cycle track, cycle tracks, Dutch, Europe, Netherlands, pedestrian, roundabout, safety, sidepath, sidewalk, traffic, turbo, yield
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Brooklyn Bridge air horn blast
The Brooklyn Bridge, one of the engineering wonders of the world, opened in 1883 and is still in full service. (Highly recommended: David McCullough’s book The Great Bridge…) Traffic on the roadways when the bridge opened consisted of horseback riders, … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, New York City, shared space
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bike path, bikeway, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bridge, collision, crash, horn, Manhattan, New York, pedestrian, safety, traffic
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A Close Encounter on Washington Street
It seems appropriate for me to post this as the City of Boston bicycle program gears up for its annual update presentation Monday night. You do best to click on the “vimeo” icon (lower right in frame below) and run … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Boston, shared space
Tagged bicycle, Boston, crash, safety, traffic, Washington Street
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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
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, shared space
Tagged Bicycling, Commercial Street, Massachusetts, Mike Lasché, Provincetown, safety, shared space, traffic, traffic calming, video, woonerf
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Dr. Furth’s and his students’ plan for South Brookline
On March 14, 2011, I attended a meeting in Brookline, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. At that meeting, Dr. Peter Furth of Northeastern University, and some of his students, gave a presentation on proposals for street reconstruction and bikeways in … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Bike lanes, Crashes, Laws, shared space, Sidepaths, traffic circles, Traffic Signals
Tagged bicycle, Brookline, bus, Clyde Street, crosswalk, Dulaski, Furth, ice, Lee Street, Massachusetts, MBTA, Northeastern, Peter Furth, pollution, public transportation, school bus, sidepath, snow, winter
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German town’s traffic plan: retrenchment, not radicalism
Parts of European cities have a modern streetscape, — Paris, due to Baron Haussmann‘s urban-renewal projects in the mid-19th century; many other cities, due to bombing in World War II and subsequent reconstruction. But ancient, narrow streets without sidewalks are … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, shared space
Tagged Bicycling, Bohmte, Craig Whitlock, Europe, Germany, law, safety, shared space, Whitlock, woonerf
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