Tag Archives: traffic

Guest posting: John Ciccarelli on the NYC 9th Avenue bikeway

Posted on March 4, 2009 by jsallen

I consider the 9th Avenue bikeway to be “proper” engineering in the small (i.e. purely technical sense) but not in the larger (public stewardship) sense that considers the legal framework that governs a street’s function for all users. Continue reading →

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Muenster road space poster — check the numbers!

Posted on January 4, 2008 by jsallen

The caption “amount of space needed to transport the same number of people by bus, bicycle or car” is misleading, because the vehicles shown are parked, not moving. All in all, the Muenster poster and the US government publicaiton that quotes it make an apples vs oranges vs. pears comparison – of dried fruit. Continue reading →

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