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Europeans ride like this?
Check out this promotion video for Kickstarter funding, shot in Germany, or maybe Austria or Switzerland. The streets look German, and part of the narration is in German with English subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNs0ZQ_wzAc The video shows three bicyclists. One of them … Continue reading
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You Gotta Be Kidding
The photo below is from MIT Spectrum, a publication of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The original caption reads: Rotating between asphalt, grass and photovoltaic cells, spaces can dynamically shift from city street to park to energy source — on … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, New York City
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Monsere, Dill et al. — Not Yet a Review, But…
M. Kary, who prepared a review of the Lusk et al Montreal study, has had a preliminary look at the Monsere, Dill et al. study of barrier-separated on-street bikeways (“cycle tracks”) which the bicycle industry lobby PeopleforBikes is promoting as … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Cycle tracks
Tagged an Francisco, Austin, bicycle, Bicycling, bikeway, Chicago, collision, conflict, crash, cycle track, cycle tracks, DC, District of Columbia, pedestrian, Portland, protected, research, safety, sidepath, traffic, vehicle, video, Washington
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An Americanized Dutch intersection
The video embedded below was produced by Nick Falbo for a design competition at George Mason University. Mr. Falbo is now employed at Alta Planning and Design, a leading design firm which promotes and designs special bicycling infrastructure. Protected Intersections … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Cycle tracks, Sidepaths, Traffic Signals
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PeopleforBikes promotes a new study
There hasn’t been time yet for a thorough review of the new study of barrier-separated bikeways on streets touted by the bicycling-industry lobbying organization PeopleforBikes [dead link now, not archived], though claims of lack of traffic conflicts on these bikeways … Continue reading
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Berri at Cherrier, Montreal
Gerald Fittipaldi, who is on an e-mail list with me, has posted a video on Flickr of cyclists traveling through an intersection where a two-way bikeway turns from one street to the other. Clicking on the link above or the … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Cycle tracks, Sidepaths
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike box, crosswalk, cycle track, cycle tracks, Montreal, protected, safety, traffic signal, video
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Fixie or track bicycle?
From Bicycling Magazine, June 2014, page 28: “A fixie (or fixed gear) is a singlespeed without brakes and without the mechanism that allows the bike to coast when you’re not pedaling.” That is a description of a track racing bicycle, … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, Bicycling Magazine, brake, brakes, Brown, fixed, fixie, fixied gear, law, magazine, safety, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, singlespeed, straps, toe clips
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Godzilla’s toothpaste decorates Seattle bikeway
A new bikeway has recently opened on Broadway in Seattle, Washington state, USA. Someone has posted a video of a ride on the newly-opened bikeway. (To get a better view of the video, click on “YouTube” and open it up … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Cycle tracks, Sidepaths
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike path, Broadway, cycle track, cycle tracks, Seattle, sidepath, traffic, Washington, Yester
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Children’s abilities — focusing on peripheral vision
My previous post addressed children’s cycling abilities. I’d like to take the discussion a bit further here. A conventional statement about children’s cycling abilities, as expressed on an e-mail list, is: Children also have less than fully developed peripheral vision … Continue reading
All ages?
Bicycle industry lobbyists and populist cycling advocates are marketing an “all ages” vision of cycling to the American public. Consider this photo, which appeared in a Streetsblog post promoting “equity”. The facility shown is a two-way sidepath alongside Prospect Park, … Continue reading
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