Tag Archives: collision

Comments on a safety-in-numbers study

Posted on May 3, 2010 by jsallen

The University of California has published a study of pedestrian crashes in Oakland, California, The Continuing Debate about Safety in Numbers—Data from Oakland, CA Judy Geyer, Noah Raford and David Ragland, Traffic Safety Center; Trinh Pham, Department of Statistics, UC … Continue reading →

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Our hero, Lance Armstrong

Posted on March 25, 2010 by jsallen

Who is the cyclist wearing sunglasses, a white T-shirt and gray cargo shorts in the video? Lance Armstrong, 7 times winner of the Tour de France. Everyone is riding brakeless fixies. First instance of blowing a red light (0.52) — … Continue reading →

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Comparing crosswalk and bike box

Posted on February 21, 2009 by jsallen

Let’s just get it straight: bike boxes as commonly understood and implemented are a “buzzword” facility whose popularity is based on misconceptions, and which flies in the face of any common understanding of how to achieve traffic safety. Continue reading →

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Hawthorne Bridge discussion gets thorny

Posted on November 9, 2008 by jsallen

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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