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Motordom and the Mohawk Trail
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
Posted in Bicycling, Books, Reviews
Tagged advocacy, Berkshire Country, Berkshires, book, Hoosac Mountain, Hoosac Tunnel, Massachusetts, Mohawk Trail, motor vehicle, New York, North Adams, Route 2, Taconic, Vermont
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RRFBs: Time for Co-opetition
The US Federal Highway Administration has withdrawn its interim approval of Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFBs) because a company which makes them has patented them. This is a serious public-policy error. The RRFB has proved effective at increasing compliance of … Continue reading
Posted in traffic circles, Traffic Signals
Tagged advocacy, bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, crash, crosswalk, DC, District of Columbia, RRFB, safety, sidewalk, traffic signal
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Building bridges?
There’s lots of material about Boston in this League of American Bicyclists policy document about bridge access: http://www.bikeleague.org/resources/reports/pdfs/bridges.pdf I regard the document as good in its recommendations on advocacy strategies. It does overemphasize separate bikeways over shoulder and bike lane … Continue reading
Review of Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists are Changing American Cities by Jeff Mapes
Review of Pedaling Revolution: How cyclists are Changing American Cities by Jeff Mapes I bought my copy of this book at the 2009 National Bicycle Summit, a conference and lobbying event organized by the League of American Bicyclists. Jeff Mapes … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Books, Reviews
Tagged advocacy, Bicycling, book, history, Jeff Mapes, Mapes
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Turn out the lights?
My attention has been drawn to a video from the U.K. that advocates removal of traffic signals. I am sure that removing traffic signals is sometimes beneficial — my late friend Gihon Jordan pioneered it in Philadelphia, and he was … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Crashes, Traffic Signals
Tagged advocacy, bicycle, Bicycling, bike box, bike lane, bike path, bikeway, crash, England, traffic, traffic signal, U.K., video
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Such language!
The following are my comments on a post on P. M. Summer’s CycleDallas blog. I’d have liked to post my comments there, but they are longer than allowed by the software on Summer’s site. Quoting Robin Stallings, Executive Director of … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Bike lanes
Tagged advocacy, bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bike path, BikeTexas, bikeway, cycle track, cycle tracks, CycleDallas, Hayakawa, Language in Thought and Action, legal, P. M. Summers, practicable, protected, Reed Bates, Robert Jay Lifton, Robin Stallings, safety, shared lane marking, sharrow, sidepath, sidepaths, SLM, Stallings, TBC, Texas Bicycle Coalition, thought-terminating cliché
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