Category Archives: Bicycling

Montreal resident, cyclist and mathematician M. Kary has reviewed the study by Lusk et al. of Montreal’s two-way one-side of-the-street barrier-separated on-street bikeways. The study by Lusk et al. purports to show that the bikeways are 28% safer than riding … Continue reading →

The MIT student newspaper, The Tech, has obtained police reports about last December’s fatal bicycle-truck collision at Massachusetts Avenue and Vassar Street in Cambridge. I have reviewed the story in The Tech and the police reports, and posted my review … Continue reading →

Cyclist Richard Moeur stars in this video comparing the time it takes to cross the same intersection as a rolling pedestrian, or as a vehicle operator. A light rail train, a homeless person and a number of motor vehicles also … Continue reading →

Please read the Austin, Texas colored bike-lane report, Effects of Colored Lane Markings on Bicyclist and Motorist Behavior at Conflict Areas in connection with this review of it. My comments: In the Executive Summary: The report says: Conflicts are common … Continue reading →

This is a review of an Austin, Texas Bicycles May Use Full Lane (BMUFL) sign report. All in all, I consider this a useful report, though it has serious weaknesses. The finding that the BMUFL sign improved motorist behavior is … Continue reading →

Concerning the Austin, Texas bike box report — For background, let me first describe the difference between driver behavior by bicyclists, and so-called edge behavior. Driver behavior is riding a bicycle according to the ordinary rules of the road for … Continue reading →

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In the transportation bill recently passed by the US Senate, the following language remains, as reported on the League of American Bicyclists blog (d) BICYCLE SAFETY.—The Secretary of the appropriate Federal land management agency shall prohibit the use of bicycles … Continue reading →