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Is the NACTO Guide a Design Manual?
In cities around the USA, politicians, under pressure from populist bicycling advocates, have pointed to the NACTO (National Association of City Transportation Officials) Urban Street Design Guide and directed their engineering staff to install treatments which it describes. I’ll say … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Bike box
Tagged 2STQB, bicycle, Bicycling, bike box, bike lane, bikeway, collision, crash, crosswalk, cycle track, cycle tracks, guidance, law, MUTCD, NACTO, option, safety, sidepath, standard, traffic, traffic signal, Two-step turn queuing box, vehicle
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PeopleforBikes Praises Flawed Figueroa Bikeway Design
The bicycle industry lobby Peopleforbikes has posted the image below, identified as an official rendering, of the proposed bikeway on Figueroa Street in Los Angeles. PeopleforBikes praises the political developments which led to this project and describes it as a … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
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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
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Report from a bike-share conference
In September, 2012, the French-language Montreal newspaper Le Devoir published an article, also distributed as a blog post, reporting on a conference in France about bike share systems, and extensively quoting economist Frédéric Héran. The headline, translated in to English, … Continue reading
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A Closer Look at the Momentum Photo
The cyclists in the photo below are riding through piles of leaves where they can’t see the road surface. The man has a shopping bag hanging from the handlebar where it can swing into the spokes of the front wheel. … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
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Momentum Magazine, Green Lane Project: Hello?
The online blog of Momentum Magazine posted the photo below to illustrate an article titled “Support for Better Biking is Strong.” Warm and fuzzy is clearly the intention — father and young child riding on a magic carpet, car-free and … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
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Forbes Magazine and “protected bike lanes”
I have submitted the comments below to Forbes Magazine, whose blog posted an article titled “Spotted Those New Protected Bike Lanes? Get Ready for More.” I expected better of Forbes, a generally conservative publication. The term “protected bike lane” is … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
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M. Kary’s comment letters to Injury Prevention, unedited
The journal Injury Prevention published two responses (eLetters) by M. Kary, Montreal mathematician and cyclist, to the Harris et al. study of Vancouver and Toronto bicycle facilities. These letters promised an eventual third letter. Instead, following discussion with the Editor, … Continue reading
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Industry lobby represents “consumers”?
Here’s a little article which appeared in the November 1, 2013 issue of the bicycle trade journal, Bicycle Industry and Retailer News. Can you say “Astroturf”? I wouldn’t claim to represent the interests of the bicycle industry — but PeopleforBikes, … Continue reading
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Bike Box at Charlesgate East
This post is about the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue eastbound and Charlesgate East in Boston, Massachusetts, an intersection with a “bike box” — a waiting area for bicyclists downstream of where motorists stop for traffic signals. More generally, this post … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike box, bike lane, Boston, crash, crosswalk, law, Massachusetts, motor vehicle, Oregon, pedestrian, safety, sidewalk, traffic signal, vehicle, vehicular, video
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