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My route to ECI and CSI
I discovered John Forester’s book Effective Cycling in 1978, before there was a League course. I had already cycled as an adult for 14 years, including 7 years in which I rode in Boston-area urban traffic and two years taking … Continue reading
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About Corking
“Corking” (unsanctioned ride marshaling, blocking intersections) is common practice on many urban rides that do not make arrangements with authorities. Corking is an element of what I’d call “vernacular cycling.” It is illegal, but police come to look the other … Continue reading
Roger Geller’s categories conflate characteristics.
Aligning characteristics which do not necessarily go with one another is to create a preordained conclusion and a stereotype. Examples: red-headed and hot-tempered; male and sexist; dumb and blonde. A respectable study would not lump characteristics together, but rather, describe … Continue reading
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Patricia Kovacs’s review of crashes in a two-way separated bikeway
Patricia’s review is here. She reports an increase in the number and rate of crashes on Summit Street in Columbus, Ohio following the installation of a two-way parking-separated bikeway on the right-hand side of this one way street. A cyclist … Continue reading
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Video added to Franconia Notch State Park pages.
My suite of pages about the Franconia Notch State Park Multi-Use Trail in New Hampshire now includes a video of a ride on the Trail. The most comprehensive treatment of the conditions of the trail is in the linked photo … Continue reading
Seen on the Superpedestrian site
What’s wrong with this picture? It’s the main photo on the home page of Superpedestrian, which manufactures the Copenhagen Wheel, a bicycle hub motor that looks like a huge M & M candy. No, the problem isn’t anything about the … Continue reading
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Tagged ad, advertisement, bicycle, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Wheel, pedal, pedals, Superpedestrain, toe clips
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Throttled and doored
Sigh. I stopped motion at 2:54 in this video. The embedded image in the video is speeded up so you can’t get a good look at what it shows, but if you stop at the right place, you’ll see this. … Continue reading
A better crosswalk treatment
This post continues the discussion in the comments below my previous post about a crash on the Pinellas Rail Trail. So, first, because images can’t be embedded in WordPress comments, here is my photo of an installation on the Capital … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike path, bikeway, collision, crash, crosswalk, Florida, law, motor vehicle, pedestrian, Pinellas, rail trail, safety, St. Petersburg, traffic, traffic signal
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A crash in Toronto
Have a look here: https://globalnews.ca/news/6209332/video-cyclist-struck-markham/ So, who was at fault, but more importantly, because an ounce of prevention is better than a ton of cure, who could have prevented the crash? The bicyclist came from the right, pushed the button … Continue reading
Crash on the Pinellas Rail Trail
An article about a car-bicycle crash on the Pinellas Rail Trail in Florida is on the Cycling Today Web site. Please view the embedded video there before reading the rest of this post. There is a lot of nonsense about … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Crashes, Traffic Signals
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike path, bikeway, collision, crash, crosswalk, Florida, law, motor vehicle, pedestrian, Pinellas, rail trail, safety, St. Petersburg, traffic, traffic signal
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