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Description and history of the location of the Tempe crash
Comments from Reed Kempton, a Senior Planner with the Maricopa County Department of Transportation, late in the day on March 21. This is an addition to my earlier post about the crash. I thank Reed for his permission to post … Continue reading
Posted in Crashes
Tagged Arizona, bicycle, collision, crash, fatality, Maricopa County, pedestrian, Reed Kepton, safety, Tempe, traffic, Uber
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The Tempe crash
The dashcam video in the recent Tempe crash which killed a woman walking across the street with a bicycle has now been released. To me, it is quite clear that the human driver was dozing off or distracted and that … Continue reading
Posted in Crashes
Tagged bicycle, collision, crash, fatality, Maricopa County, pedestrian, Reed Kempton, rizona, safety, Tempe, traffic, Uber
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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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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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