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Tag Archives: pedestrian
Confusion at crosswalks on multi-use paths
The crosswalk on a multi-use path has a mixed identity, unless the crossing is signalized. Motorists must yield to pedestrians in the crosswalk, but on the other hand, a stop sign facing the path normally means that cyclists yield to … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike path, bikeway, crosswalk, law, Massachusetts, multi-use path, multiple threat, MUP, pedestrian, right of way, stop sign, vehicle, yield
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Six categories of bicyclist/motorist interaction
Let me propose six different categories of cyclist and motorist interaction. This is a first try, so it’s open to modification. 1) Vehicular — to quote John Forester, who developed the concept of vehicular cycling, “bicyclists fare best when they … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged bicycle, collision, crossing, driving, interaction, intersection, marking, merge, motor vehicle, pedestrian, plaza, riding, sign, traffic, turning, vehiicular
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Traffic theory: improving traffic signals to reduce pointless delay
In theory, there’s no difference between theory and practice, but it practice, there is. attributed to: Yogi Berra Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut Albert Einstein An optimal traffic-signal system would never present anyone with a red light or a … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Crashes, Traffic Signals
Tagged actuator, bicycle, Bicycling, collision, collision avoidance, crash, Intelligent Highwya Systems, pedestrian, safety, traffic, traffic signal, vehicle
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Street Traffic Regulations: classic book online
My friend Bob Shanteau writes: Another reason scofflaws give [to justify their behavior] is that traffic laws are intended only for motorists, reflecting a total ignorance of the origins of those laws. Google has made the 1909 book “Street Traffic … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Books, Reviews
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, book, collision, education, Eno, law, motor vehicle, pedestrian, rules of the road, safety, Street Traffic Regulation, traffic, vehicle, vehicular, William Eno, William Phelps Eno
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Alleycat racers
A British cyclist who goes by the online name gaz545 on YouTube has posted a version of one of Lucas Brunelle’s “alleycat race” videos, with voice-over commentary. Bravo gaz545! Lucas Brunelle is, or was, a bicycle courier, but he distinguishes … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Crashes, Laws, Reviews, Videos
Tagged alleycat, alleycat racers, bicycle, Bicycling, Brunelle, Burnelle, collision, couriers, crash, England, London, Lucas Brunelle, Lucas Burnelle, pedestrian, Philadelphia, Roosevelt, safety, scorchers, Theodore roosevelt, traffic, Univeristy of Pennsylvania
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Deer dears
OK, the title “Deer Dears” might seem a bit obscure. It refers to children walking and bicycling in urban areas. I chose the title because I’m recalling a Bicycling Magazine opinion piece which my friend, long time Philadelphia bicycling advocate … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Bike lanes, Crashes, Cycle tracks
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bike path, bikeway, child, children, Dowlin, helmet, John Dowlin, pedestrian, safety, traffic, vulneable
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Safety in numbers: if and when so, why?
I write here in response to an online article in the Grist blog, which addresses the concept of “safety in numbers” among cyclists and pedestrians. As is all too common, the article takes this phenomenon for granted, and ascribes it … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Reviews
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, California, fish schooling, Jacobsen, Oakland, pedestrian, safety, safety in numbers, swarm warfare, traffic signal
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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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Comments on a safety-in-numbers study
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
Posted in Bicycling, Crashes
Tagged Berkeley, bicycle, collision, crosswalk, Jacobsen, Oakland, pedestrian, research, safety, safety in numbers, University of California
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