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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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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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Fatality on Montreal cycle track
As reported in a Montreal Gazette article, a Montreal cyclist was killed on July 24, 2012 when traveling in a two-way cycle track at the location shown in the Google Street View image below. The cyclist entered the intersection from … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Cycle tracks, Sidepaths
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bike path, bikeway, collision, crash, crosswalk, cycle track, cycle tracks, fatal, fatality, Montreal, safety, traffic, truck
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A ride on Comm Ave., Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Comm Ave. Boston: Kenmore Square, Mass Ave. underpass from John Allen on Vimeo. This is a 4-minute continuous video of a bicycle ride in Boston, eastbound on Commonwealth Avenue through Kenmore Square, to and through the underpass at Massachusetts … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Bike box, Bike lanes, Cycle tracks
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike box, bike lane, Boston, Bowker Overpass, Comm. Ave., Commonwealth Avenue, crosswalk, Fenway, Fenway Park, Kenmore, Kenmore Square, Mass. Ave., Massachusetts, Massachusetts Avenue, pedestrian, safety, traffic, traffic signal, video
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Bikes, Cars, Light Rail, E. Jefferson St., Phoenix, Arizona
Build it and they will…wait. Well, at least they’re supposed to wait. If you click on the title in the image or caption, you can view this at a higher resolution. Bikes, Cars, Light Rail, E. Jefferson St., Phoenix, Arizona … Continue reading
The Six-Way in Rush Hour
Here’s another video showing conditions at the six-way intersection of 16th Street, U Street and New Hampshire Avenue NW in Washington, DC, where special bicycle facilities have been installed. The Six-Way in Rush Hour from John Allen on Vimeo. Also … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Bike box, Bike lanes, contraflow, Traffic Signals
Tagged 16th Street, 16th Street NW, advanced stop line, bicycle, Bicycling, bike box, bike lane, bikeway, DC, District of Columbia, New Hampshire Avenue, New Hampshire Avenue NW, safety, traffic, traffic signal, U Street, U Street NW, Washington
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Scaling up and scaling down
New York bicycling advocate Steve Faust has stated that some ways of accommodating bicycling do not “scale up” — that is, they work with small numbers of cyclists, but less well with larger numbers. His central complaint is that use … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Bike box, Bike lanes, New York City, Traffic Signals
Tagged advanced stop line, bicycle, Bicycling, bike box, bike lane, collision, crash, crosswalk, Oregon, Portland, safety, traffic, traffic signal, vehicle
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Electric bicycle legal hodgepdge
A task force under the auspices of the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (NCUTCD) is currently reviewing parts of the Uniform Vehicle Code (UVC), the national model traffic law in the USA. The NCUTCD has taken on this … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Equipment
Tagged battery, bicycle, bike lane, bike path, Consumer Product Safety Commission, CPSC, electric, electrically-assisted, helmet, law, laws, Massachusetts, MGL, moped, motorized scooter, National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, National Committee on Uniform Traffic Laws and Ordinances, NCUTCD, NCUTLO, Segway, speed limit, Uniform Vehicle Code, UVC
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