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Is the NACTO Guide a Design Manual?
In cities around the USA, politicians, under pressure from populist bicycling advocates, have pointed to the NACTO (National Association of City Transportation Officials) Urban Street Design Guide and directed their engineering staff to install treatments which it describes. I’ll say … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Bike box
Tagged 2STQB, bicycle, Bicycling, bike box, bike lane, bikeway, collision, crash, crosswalk, cycle track, cycle tracks, guidance, law, MUTCD, NACTO, option, safety, sidepath, standard, traffic, traffic signal, Two-step turn queuing box, vehicle
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Bike Box at Charlesgate East
This post is about the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue eastbound and Charlesgate East in Boston, Massachusetts, an intersection with a “bike box” — a waiting area for bicyclists downstream of where motorists stop for traffic signals. More generally, this post … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike box, bike lane, Boston, crash, crosswalk, law, Massachusetts, motor vehicle, Oregon, pedestrian, safety, sidewalk, traffic signal, vehicle, vehicular, video
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Sloppy cycling meets sloppy journalism
Washington, DC TV station WJLA, channel 7, has run a story about new bicycle laws passed by the DC City Council and signed by the mayor. The new section reads as follows: A new section 9d (D.C. Official Code § … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged bicycle, Billings, City Council, DC, Greg, Greg Billings, law, Mayor, Washington, Washington DC, WJLA
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Safe bicycle routes: engineering versus epidemiology
Note as of November 17, 2013: I have reviewed this post to correct typos, improve wording, and add headings. I have highlighted substantial changes and additions. Note as of May 23, 2014: I have added links to reviews of the … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged Anne Lusk, bias risk, BICE, bicycle, Bicycling, bicyclist, diversion bias, epidemiological, epidemiology, Harris, helmet, Kary, Lusk, M. Kary, research, safety, scientific method, Teschke, Toronto, Vancover
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Truck side skirts: reliable way to prevent cyclist fatalities?
No, not reliable, though some are better than others. Some are also supposed to confer an aerodynamic advantage. Some have a smooth surface which can deflect a cyclist. That is still no guarantee that the cyclist will escape serious injury … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Bike lanes, Crashes
Tagged bicycle, Boston, Boston Bikes, collision, collision avoidance, Oregon, Portland, safety, side guard, side skirt, traffic, Treehugger, truck, underrun, vehicle
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Right-turn lane as dual-destination lane?
I’ve had criticism from an unusual side about the video below. The complaint, from another cyclist, was essentially that I was not following the rules of the road, not operating as the driver of a vehicle, by riding straight through … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike box, bike lane, bikeway, Boston, crash, curb, cycle track, Massachusetts, vehicular, video
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Support for the Allies in WWII, wrapped around a bicycle sprocket
I wrote to Sturmey-Archer’s European office a few months ago concerning the Swiss-made Vibo three-speed hub described on the Sturmey-Archer Heritage Web site. The Web page about this hub indicates that a scrap of paper which enclosed the sprocket in … Continue reading
Boston Globe: Reality Check Time
The caption with the picture below in the Starts and Stops column of the Metro section of the June 17, 2012 Boston Globe reads: Cyclists stopped for a red light in the “bike box” on Commonwealth Avenue in the Back … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Bike box, Bike lanes, Traffic Signals
Tagged bicycle, bike box, bike lane, bikeway, Boston, Boston Globe, Eric Moskowitz, Globe, law, Massachusetts, Moskowitz, Starts and Stops, traffic light, traffic sign
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Cycle track mania on the slippery slope in Somerville, Massachusetts
My attention recently was drawn to a proposed project for Beacon Street in Somerville Massachusetts, a couple of towns away from where I live.. A presentation from a public meeting is online here: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Y_jIpLYtpycEZNOUVTNUYxQVU/edit (I was unfortunately not able to … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged beacon, Beacon Street, bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bike path, bikeway, Boston, collision, crash, crosswalk, cycle tracks, Massachusetts, pedestrian, safety, sidepath, sidewalk, Somervill, vehicle, vehicular
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Danish story, video and comments on the Albertslund-Copenhagen “bicycle superhighway”
A reader pointed me to a news story on the politiken.dk blog about the Copenhagen/Albertslund “bicycle superhighway” which is getting attention and publicity. The reader’s comments on my previous post read: Yeah, its kind of joke, but to be fair … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Cycle tracks, Sidepaths, Traffic Signals
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike path, bikeway, Copenhagen, cycle track, cycle tracks, Europe, safety, traffic signal
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