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Spruce Street, Philadelphia
Bicyclist Emily Fredericks was killed, crushed by a right-turning garbage truck, on Spruce Street in Philadelphia on November 29. Another bicyclist, Becca Refford, was similarly right hooked a block away on Pine Street on December 8 and suffered serious injuries. … Continue reading
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Tagged Becca Refford, bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bikeway, collision, crash, cycle track, cycle tracks, Emily Fredericks, law, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, safety, Spruce Street, traffic, traffic signal, vehicle, vehicular, video
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Dutch Strict Liability Myth
A commenter on Facebook made a statement which is often heard in the USA: “A Dutch lady said they have so few hurt because drivers are guilty unless they can prove they weren’t.” Well, this doesn’t quite amount to fake … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bikeway, collision, crash, cycle track, Europe, insurance, law, Nethelands, no fault, safety, sidepath, strict liability, traffic
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Chicago Bike Lane Guide, a Blast from the Past
The Chicago Bike Lane Design Guide, published by the Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center of the University of North Carolina in cooperation with the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation and the City of Chicago, is available online on the NACTO site. What … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Bike lanes, Laws
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bus, Chicao, Chicao Bike Lane Guide, dooring, law
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An undertaking undertaking
I answered this question on the Quora question-answering site. Who is at fault if a driver undertakes you from behind you while you are safely making a left turn on a one-way road? First, let’ define “undertaking”. That doesn’t mean … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Bike lanes
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bikeway, collision, crash, curb, law, pvertaking, right hook, safety, undertaking
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Some Dutch roundabouts
(Edited and updated March 30, 2024) Dutch roundabouts have received a lot of publicity, notably here: https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/tag/roundabout/ Roundabout design in the Netherlands has seen a long process of trial and error. A design used until bicyclists complained strongly enough about … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Roundabouts, shared space, Sidepaths, traffic circles
Tagged bikeway, collision, crosswalk, cycle track, cycle tracks, Dutch, Europe, Netherlands, pedestrian, roundabout, safety, sidepath, sidewalk, traffic, turbo, yield
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Brooklyn Bridge air horn blast
The Brooklyn Bridge, one of the engineering wonders of the world, opened in 1883 and is still in full service. (Highly recommended: David McCullough’s book The Great Bridge…) Traffic on the roadways when the bridge opened consisted of horseback riders, … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, New York City, shared space
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bike path, bikeway, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bridge, collision, crash, horn, Manhattan, New York, pedestrian, safety, traffic
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Avoiding the left cross
This post isn’t about pointing the finger of blame. If that is to your taste, you can find endorsement of that position in many of the comments on the video on YouTube. But I think that we would rather avoid … Continue reading
PeopleforBikes Interprets Boulder Data
Here’s a quick review of an article by Michael Andersen of the PeopleforBikes Green Lane Project about the City of Boulder, Colorado’s removing what he calls a “protected bike lane”. I prefer to call it at barrier-separated on-street bikeway, avoiding … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Cycle tracks
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bikeway, Boulder, collision, colorado, crosswalk, cycle track, cycle tracks, Miahael Andersen, motor vehicle, pedestrian, Peopleforbikes, safety, sidepath, traffic
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Alice Swanson fatality, a right hook
Here is the intersection in Washington, DC, where cyclist Alice Swanson was killed by a right-turning garbage truck. The Street View is from 2009, as close as Google gets to the year of the crash (2008). The big cross street … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Bike lanes, Crashes
Tagged Alice Swanson, Bicycling, bike lane, DC, District of Columbia, fatality, right hook, safety, Swanson, traffic signal, Washington
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Daytime running, nighttime blinding
Here’s a sign I just noticed for the first time, on the Minuteman bikeway, outside Boston. Until LED lights went on steroids, who would have ever thought that this would be a problem? But then, unregulated industry is ever willing … Continue reading
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