Category Archives: Bicycling

Fewer roads in the future?

Posted on July 2, 2018 by jsallen

I’m responding to a comment on the facebook post which started with the sharing of the 13-lane animation on which I commented in my previous post on this blog. A commenter stated: …I don’t think it oversells the space because … Continue reading →

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Another inaccurate use-of-space display

Posted on June 18, 2018 by jsallen

Where is there a street with 13 lanes in one direction? Show me one, please. Not even in Los Angeles. Problem is, no city could have enough parking to support the amount of traffic such a street would carry, and … Continue reading →

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Motordom and the Mohawk Trail

Posted on April 30, 2018 by jsallen

Relentless promotion, political and business manipulation by “motordom” (follow the money…) have been held largely responsible for the triumph of motoring in  the USA in the early 20th Century. Peter Norton’s book Fighting Traffic is the best-known work making this … Continue reading →

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Doored in Union Square

Posted on March 24, 2018 by jsallen

https://danconnor.com/posts/541542fd45b74d6952000001/on_the_video_in_which_i_am_doored_by_a_taxi (Note: the video is no longer online but a screen clip is on another page.) I see a lot of people who comment here discussing fault. Fault and crash prevention are not the same. I’ll take crash prevention any … Continue reading →

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Description and history of the location of the Tempe crash

Posted on March 23, 2018 by jsallen

Comments from Reed Kempton, a Senior Planner with the Maricopa County Department of Transportation, late in the day on March 21. This is an addition to my earlier post about the crash. I thank Reed for his permission to post … Continue reading →

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The Tempe crash

Posted on March 21, 2018 by jsallen

The dashcam video in the recent Tempe crash which killed a woman walking across the street with a bicycle has now been released. To me, it is quite clear that the human driver was dozing off or distracted and that … Continue reading →

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Another deceptive poster

Posted on February 9, 2018 by jsallen

More evidence that the anti-car crowd can’t think its way out of a paper bag. Even when they could make a much better case for themselves. The text, in Italian, reads “space necessary to transport 48 persons: auto, electric car, robotic … Continue reading →

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Jim Melcher and America’s Perestroika

Posted on January 24, 2018 by jsallen

Jim Melcher was one of my professors at MIT. He was also was a year-round bicycle commuter and in 1977, one of the first 25 members of the Boston Area Bicycle Coalition, In the 1980s, his activism expanded into issues … Continue reading →

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Some Portland weirdness

Posted on January 24, 2018 by jsallen

Oregon cyclist Hal Ballard posted this picture in a Facebook group. (You may or not be able to see the original post). You may click on the image for a larger view. Here is a Google Street View from before … Continue reading →

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Lessons of Spruce Street

Posted on January 16, 2018 by jsallen

I’m posting this in connection with the video I shot of a ride on Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, already embedded in an earlier post. Spruce Street is a one-way street with parallel parking on the left side, and a bike … Continue reading →

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