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End to “dooring” hazard?
Bicyclists are circulating links to this video, as if the roll-under door eliminates the hazard of riding close to parked vehicles. But, let’s take off the rose-colored glasses. Striking a car door isn’t the only hazard here. Bicyclists can still … Continue reading
Fixie Pixie
The praises of the fixed-gear bicycle have been sung repeatedly on various Web sites, and so I am pleased to report that not long ago I took my First Real Ride on my Friday — uh, sorry, on a Friday … Continue reading
New Urbanist award-winning video — no bicycles!
No mention whatever of bicycles … Continue reading
Categorizing vehicle types
The following categorization of land vehicle and pedestrian types may be helpful in understanding infrastructure issues. I am leaving out snow modes — travel on snowshoes, cross-country skis, or in sleds, sleighs, snowmobiles. They exist in a world unto themselves, … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Laws
Tagged bicycle, bike lane, bus, e-bike, moped, motor vehicle, motorcycle, pedestrian, scooter, Segway, skateboard, tricycle, unicycle, vehicle, wheelchair
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Review of J. Harry Wray’s book Pedal Power
Review of Pedal Power, the Quiet Rise of the Bicycle in American Life By J. Harry Wray I purchased this book at the 2008 National Bicycle Summit (conference and congressional lobbying event), where the author spoke. He inscribed my copy: … Continue reading
Technical and legal issues with the NYC 9th Avenue bikeway
If bicyclists traveling on the bikeway in the intended direction (same as motor traffic on 9th Avenue) merge into the left-turn lane to the right of the bikeway, they interact only with left-turning motor vehicles. Then the bicyclists can proceed for as much of the signal cycle as through-traveling motorists, and left-turning bicyclists can proceed for longer than left-turning motorists. The equal or longer, possible time for bicyclists to proceed is unusual and interesting. Continue reading
Guest posting: John Ciccarelli on the NYC Broadway bikeway
“The city has removed one or two travel lanes and created an in-street pedestrian “plaza”, completed with a right-side fence-and-planter barrier, cafe tables, chairs and benches. It’s truly a bold stroke in taking back the street for living, and it was immediately and hugely popular with residents and visitors, but it creates horrendous pedestrian cross-flow issues for the bikeway that runs between it and the sidewalk.” Continue reading
Posted in Sidepaths
Tagged bicycle, crosswalk, cycle track, Manhattan, New York, pedestrian, sidepath, traffic
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Guest posting: John Ciccarelli on the NYC 9th Avenue bikeway
I consider the 9th Avenue bikeway to be “proper” engineering in the small (i.e. purely technical sense) but not in the larger (public stewardship) sense that considers the legal framework that governs a street’s function for all users. Continue reading
Posted in Sidepaths
Tagged 9th Avenue, bicycle, bike path, bikeway, intersection, Manhattan, New York, sidepath, traffic
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Comparing crosswalk and bike box
Let’s just get it straight: bike boxes as commonly understood and implemented are a “buzzword” facility whose popularity is based on misconceptions, and which flies in the face of any common understanding of how to achieve traffic safety. Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bike box
Tagged advanced stop line, ASL, bicycle, bike box, collision, crosswalk
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Brief Review of book, Bicycling and the Law
All in all, I can recommend this book as a reference on laws of importance to bicyclists, but when technical issues arise, a bicyclist and the bicyclist’s lawyer may need the assistance of a technical expert – as does the author. Continue reading
