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RRFBs: Time for Co-opetition
The US Federal Highway Administration has withdrawn its interim approval of Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFBs) because a company which makes them has patented them. This is a serious public-policy error. The RRFB has proved effective at increasing compliance of … Continue reading
Posted in traffic circles, Traffic Signals
Tagged advocacy, bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, crash, crosswalk, DC, District of Columbia, RRFB, safety, sidewalk, traffic signal
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Alice Swanson fatality, a right hook
Here is the intersection in Washington, DC, where cyclist Alice Swanson was killed by a right-turning garbage truck. The Street View is from 2009, as close as Google gets to the year of the crash (2008). The big cross street … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Bike lanes, Crashes
Tagged Alice Swanson, Bicycling, bike lane, DC, District of Columbia, fatality, right hook, safety, Swanson, traffic signal, Washington
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Monsere, Dill et al. — Not Yet a Review, But…
M. Kary, who prepared a review of the Lusk et al Montreal study, has had a preliminary look at the Monsere, Dill et al. study of barrier-separated on-street bikeways (“cycle tracks”) which the bicycle industry lobby PeopleforBikes is promoting as … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Cycle tracks
Tagged an Francisco, Austin, bicycle, Bicycling, bikeway, Chicago, collision, conflict, crash, cycle track, cycle tracks, DC, District of Columbia, pedestrian, Portland, protected, research, safety, sidepath, traffic, vehicle, video, Washington
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Ian Cooper comments on the C&O Towpath
Cyclist Ian Cooper offers a report on the C&O canal towpath, which I have mentioned in a previous post. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas deserves a lot of credit for preserving the canal as a park, but as Ian … 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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About Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, bikeways, class issues and segregation
The 184.5 mile long Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Historic Park is located along the north bank of the Potomac River, between Washington, DC and Cumberland, Maryland. I recently had the occasion to see the park described in writing as a … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged AASHTO, bike path, bikeway, Brown v. Board of Education, Brown vs. Board of Education, C & O CCanal, C&O Canal, CalTrans, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Historic Park, Class I, District of Columbia, Douglas, Maryland, multi-use path, park, path, Potomac, segregation, Supreme Court, towpath, trail, Washington, William O. Douglas
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I approve of this?
UPDATE: This post gives background information on the intersection. I have now ridden through it, and my opinion of it has changed. I have another post about it, and a video. Please check them out. The image below shows a … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Bike box, contraflow
Tagged 16th St. NW, 16th Street, 16th Street NW, Andrew Ellicott, Benjamin Banneker, bicycle, Bicycling, bike box, bike lane, bikeway, crash, crosswalk, DC, District of Columbia, Federal Highway Administration, Fenty, FHWA, Gabe Klein, Klein, Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices, Mayor Fenty, MUTCD, New Hampshire Avenue, Pierre l'Enfant, research, safety, traffic signal, U St. NW, U Street, U Street NW, vehicle, vehicular, video, Washington
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Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC: Incredible Shrinking Bike Lanes
Slam dunk indeed. It turned out that bicyclists were slammed, and dunked.
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Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Bike lanes
Tagged bicycle, bike lane, bike path, bikeway, crash, crosswalk, cycle track, cycle tracks, DC, District of Columbia, League of American Bicyclists, motor vehicle, pedestrian, safety, traffic, traffic calming, traffic signal, vehicle, Washington
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