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Tag Archives: bicycle
About the bicycle radar reflector Kickstarter campaign
This article has been translated into Portuguese. This is commentary about a Kickstarter campaign for a radar retroreflector integrated into a bicycle taillight assembly. An image from the Web site: One nice thing I can say about the product is … Continue reading
Boston expert design
Here’s a video of the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and St. Mary Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, an example of the design expertise which earns Boston its place with the League of American Bicyclists as a Bicycle Friendly City. The video … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Bike box, Bike lanes, Traffic Signals
Tagged advanced stop line, ASL, bicycle, Bicycling, bike box, bike lane, Boston, Boston University, Commonwealth Avenue, crosswalk, encroachement, Massachusetts, safety, St. Mary's St., St. Mary's Street, traffic, traffic light, traffic signal
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Montreal sidepath protects?
A classic right-hook collision occurred on August 26, 2015 in Montreal, where the cyclist was riding on a sidepath. Here’s a news report on the crash. As I’ve said repeatedly, sidepaths do not prevent crossing and turning collisions. The sidepath … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Cycle tracks
Tagged Berri, Berri Street, bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bike path, bikeway, Boulevard de Maisonneuve, Canada, Cherrier, Cherrier Street, crash, cycle track, cycle tracks, Maisonneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Rue Berri, Rue Cherrier, sidepath, traffic, vehicular
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Michael Colville’s Pitch
About the video here by Mikael Colville of copenhagenize.com: Mikael Colville’s talk in the video is introduced by a video clip of a rather sorry infrastructure situation, with a crowd of bicyclists slowly making their way forward, cramped in a … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bikeway, Colville, Copenhagen, copenhagenize, environmentalism, Europe, marketing, Mikael Colville, motor vehicle, vehicle
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Anne Harris revealed
Here’s a photo of Anne Harris, lead author of the BICE study whose conclusions Paul Schimek has demolished. Schimek’s PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes are in the linked document — you just have open it in appropriate software. You can … Continue reading
Duck Boat crashes
We had a duck boat run into a motor scooter from behind on Saturday, April 30, 2016 in Boston, killing one of the riders. It appears that the poor forward visibility from the duck boat was a factor. (Boston Globe … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Crashes
Tagged bicycle, Boston, collision, crash, duck boat, Massachusetts, moped, motor scooter, motor vehicle, safety, traffic, vehicle
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Rear-view radar reviewed
Garmin is a high-end manufacturer of GPS devices for bicycles and motor vehicles. Garmin has posted an ad for a cycling “radar” (probably actually LEDdar using pulsed infrared light), which warns cyclists of overtaking traffic. There are some serious problems … Continue reading
The Slow Ride, redux
Bob Sutterfield writes: I don’t ride fast so I can participate safely in traffic. I participate in traffic so I can safely ride fast enough for my needs. If I were to ride in the gutter, on the bike path, … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bike path, bikeway, curb, cycle track, cycle tracks, path, pedestrian, safety, sidepath, slow, speed, Sutterfield, traffic, travel lane, vehicular
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Misleading poster redux
The panel at the right is from a poster called The Commuter Toolkit put out by International Sustainable Solutions for an organization called the International Sustainability Institute. You may view view the full poster at its full size.. This poster … Continue reading
Lane Control on Lexington Street
Here’s a video showing a bicycle ride on a constant mile-long upslope, at speeds of 10 to 12 miles per hour (16 to 20 km/h), on a suburban 4-lane speedway with narrow lanes and no shoulders, the most challenging street … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, Boston, lane, lane control, law, Lexington, Massachusetts, motor vehicle, pedestrian, safety, traffic, vehicle, Waltham
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