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Tag Archives: Bicycling
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
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
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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
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Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, Boston, lane, lane control, law, Lexington, Massachusetts, motor vehicle, pedestrian, safety, traffic, vehicle, Waltham
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Bruce Epperson’s observations on transportation funding
Bicycle historian Bruce Epperson has written a paper examining trends in transportation funding in the USA from the 1960s to the present. It makes interesting reading. With his permission, I have made the paper available in PDF format on this … Continue reading
Helmet disparagement and ethics
To quote the late, great Dutch traffic engineer Hans Monderman, “Never treat anyone in the public sphere like an idiot. If you treat him like an idiot, he will act like an idiot.” Providing helmets is difficult when bicycles are … Continue reading
M. Kary on the epidemiological approach to traffic-safety research
M. Kary has released the manuscript of his paper on the unsuitability of the epidemiological approach in studying traffic safety. Unsuitability of the Epidemiological Approach to Bicycle Transportation Injuries and Traffic Engineering Problems Author: M Kary Injury Prevention 2015;21:73-76, Published … Continue reading
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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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A review of the film Bikes vs. Cars
I knew I’d have a problem with the film just based on the the title. There can be animosity between people on bikes and in cars, but bikes and cars are machines, which have no feelings and generally don’t get … Continue reading
Reflective Clothing as Panacea — again.
This photo in a New York Times article (also archived, slower but no paywall) shows a bicyclist riding with a reflectorized shirt, which shows up well in a photo taken with flash on the camera, but the bicyclist has NO … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, clothing, law, lighting, reflectors, safety
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Another crosswalk confusion, and a fatality
In response to my post about confused yielding requirements where shared-use paths cross streets, Ryan Reasons has published comments on a recent fatal truck-bicycle crash in the Seattle, Washington area. The photo below is from the KOMO TV/radio station news … Continue reading
