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Research says bicyclists should run red lights?
Dr. Anne Lusk made an interesting comment on red lights: (quote is here): Female bicyclists in England are being killed at a higher rate than males because females wait for the green light to proceed and then are hit by … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Bike lanes, Crashes, Laws
Tagged Anne Lusk, bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bikeway, collision, Harvard School of Public Health, law, Lusk, traffic signal
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Dutch traffic jams
Many bicycle planners and advocates would like to suggest that increases in bicycle use lead to a decrease in motor vehicle use. The Netherlands is often held up as an example. The reality there is different. Here’s a quote from … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bus, congestion, Europe, Holland, Netherlands, public transportation, rail, traffic jams
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German cycling organization’s comments on cycle tracks
Here are the comments in English. The translation is posted with permission granted by Heinz Brockmann of the ADFC (German Cycling Federation) Bottrop chapter. Many thanks! And here is the same document in the original German. Please note that the … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Bike lanes, Cycle tracks, Sidepaths
Tagged ADFC, bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bikeway, Bottrop, crash, cycle track, Germany, law, pedestrian, safety, sidepath, sidewalk
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Our hero, Lance Armstrong
Who is the cyclist wearing sunglasses, a white T-shirt and gray cargo shorts in the video? [No longer available to embed but you can watch it on YouTube]. Lance Armstrong, 7 times winner of the Tour de France. Everyone is … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged Armstrong, bicycle, Bicycling, collision, couriers, fixed gear, helmet, Lance, Lance Armstrong, laws, Tour de France, traffic signal, vehicle, vehicular
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Ciccarelli on cycle tracks
John Ciccarelli is a consultant on bicycling and a League of American Bicyclists-certified cycling instructor who specializes in teaching adults who have never ridden a bicycle before. His comments here are reprinted by permission, and are in response to an … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Cycle tracks, Laws, New York City, Sidepaths
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bikeway, Ciccarelli, Copenhagen, curb, cycle track, cycle tracks, Denmark, Europe, Holland, John Ciccarelli, law, Netherlands, safety, sidepaths, USA, vehicle, vehicular
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James Mackay on bike box implementations
Bicycle advance stop line implementations I saw in Europe amounted to a five-legged stool, with resultant stability and functionality.
I get very concerned with American implementations that amount to a two-legged stool. Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Bike box, Bike lanes, Laws
Tagged advanced stop line, Bicycling, bike box, cell phone, James Mackay, Mackay, mirror, mobile phone, near side, RTOR, signal phase, traffic signal, Trixi
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Streetcars and bicycles
The rails for the E line branch of the Green Line subway/streetcar in Boston, Massachusetts, USA occupied the middle of two-lane Centre Street for over 20 years after service was discontinued. There had been a proposal to redo the street … Continue reading
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Tagged Bicycling, Copenhagen, Oregon, Portland, streetcar, streetcars, tracks, tram
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Copenhagen in 1937 — what can it tell us?
I thank Ralph Fertig of the Santa Barbara, California Bicycle Coalition for drawing the attention of the bicycling community to the following fascinating travelogue from Copenhagen, shot in Technicolor in 1937. Not all of the film is about bicycling, but … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Cycle tracks, traffic circles
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bikeway, Copenhagen, cycle track, Denmark, Europe, vehicular, Vikings
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Gridlock Sam’s magic powers!
New York’s former Traffic Commissioner and Chief Traffic Engineer, Sam Schwartz, “Gridlock Sam,” who describes himself as a “traffic guru”, has posted a Web page [updated and expanded since my original posting, apparently deleted sometime after October, 2014 but available … Continue reading
Hawthorne Bridge discussion gets thorny
Riding a bicycle on a sidewalk is rarely a better choice than riding in the street, but it is better on the Hawthorne bridge in Portland, Oregon, which has a narrow roadway with a treacherous steel-grid deck. I first rode … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bikeway, collision, crash, curb, Hawthorne, Hawthorne Bridge, Mark Stosberg, Oregon, pedestrian, physicall separated, Portland, safety, separated, sidepath, sidewalk, Stosberg, vehicle, vehicular
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