Taking the time to learn
about bike lanes, dangerous intersections and your responsibilities as a cyclist can help you make better decisions and avoid bicycle accidents.
Vision Zero is not just
about bike lanes - it is about safety for everyone.
Sue - Ann Levy is not alone in her complaining
about bike lanes slowing down cars; there is a campaign in the east end of Toronto to remove a bike lane on Woodbine Avenue that isn't even completed yet.
Mayor Rob Ford can complain
about bike lanes all he wants but the fact is, when you start hitting numbers like 45 % everyone has to pay attention, these are serious numbers.
This review will be illustrated with some of the more bizarre tweets
about bike lanes to come out of the city, mostly via Mark Treasure of the GB Cycling Embassy
Boulder Bike Path Goes Against the Flow of Traffic There are not too many people who would spend their time making videos
about bike lanes, and even fewer people who can do so and make those videos interesting.
Weiner: I once made a joke, and I said it to Mike Bloomberg, and this was in the height of a lot of the controversy
about the bike lanes, I said first thing I was going to do as mayor was hold a press conference tearing out your — this is the internet, right?
Rachel Quednau writes in Strong Towns
about a bike lane battle in Philadelphia:
This looks like a pretty lame report... there is nothing
about bike lane statistics... how many of these deaths occurred in locations with separated bike lanes, sharrows, 1 lane roads, 2 lane roads, highways?
In a recent discussions
about a bike lane in Toronto where some parking spaces were going to be removed, there was suddenly great concern for seniors who might not be able to park right in front of the piano store.
Not exact matches
In Denver, Amazon and local officials talked at length
about public transit options and the creation of
bike lanes, said Mr. Bailey.
He's adamant
about upgrading cycling conditions in his district with protected
bike lanes and the expansion of Citi
Bike.
Borough President Scott Stringer conducted several surveys following the installation of
bike lanes throughout the city; I would propose a similar study
about the
bike share program to identify responses of users and potential improvements to the program.
They put
bike lanes, forget
about driving... It used to take me, from Crown Heights to Boro Park, 15 minutes to go.
Community Board 7 has been interviewing merchants
about whether
bike lanes are hurting their businesses.
Investment in road building far exceeds that for active travel - public transport, footpaths and
bike lanes - which Read more
about Stop prioritising cars over kids» health, experts plead - Scimex
About 95 percent of the trip is along the Lady Bird Lake Hike and
Bike Trail (I think the official name is the Butler Hike and
Bike Trail, but I don't pay much attention to such picayune shit anymore) and protected
bike lanes along 3rd Street.
I'll say this
about riding this
bike around in congested cities: I've never been a believer in «Loud Pipes Save Lives,» but when you're fighting for your
lane with a guy driving a Lincoln Navigator with Pitbull blaring from the sound system, it's disconcerting to not have some kind of sound letting them know you're there.
Now I have that plus the collision warning, the blind spot camera (great around here because there are tons of bikers on the road and I always worry
about not seeing one when I cross the
bike lane to make a right hand turn).
With cycle
lanes across the city, a
bike is a great way to get
about.
Buses run
about 4 times a day to within half a mile of the property Taxis are on call There are footpaths and
lanes to st.Ives and penzance that are safe and quiet to walk or
bike ride (ask at the office) An adjacent footpath to the hostel takes you across fields going east to the nearest pub...
about a 10/15 minute walk... going west
about 35 minutes gets you to the coastal path good surf beaches are reached at st.Ives 3 miles and hayle 4 miles
Of course, there's always the bicycle and with segregated
bike lanes people won't have to worry
about getting hit by polluting cars:
In addition, a strong majority of pedestrians feel their experience walking on Bloor Street with
bike lanes installed is
about the same or better than it was previously.
The good folks at StreetFilms took some time to make a short movie
about it while they were in Colorado recently (you can also check out their coverage of the city's contraflow
bike -
lane).
There has been a
bike lane «pilot project» on a major east - west artery, Bloor Street,
about which the Mayor said last year:
I usually only say nasty things
about companies that let employees park their trucks in the
bike lane, but in this case I will make an exception.
The city still has a bit of an anarchist tendency, but at least it faces the reality of situations; years ago, when researching an article on
bike lanes in Montreal, I asked a planner
about their use of contra - flow
lanes on one - way streets.
So this year, everyone who cares
about active transportation,
about cycling and walking, get out there and cycle and walk to your Main Street, preferably one with a
bike lane, and show support for those businesses, (unless it is a Chiswick pet physiotherapist).
I saw my own reservations
about commuting by
bike in Portland: I wish there were more compassionate drivers, I wish the
bike lanes felt safer, I wish I knew the rules of the road as it relates to
biking.
How
about putting black box recorders in taxis, decent north / south
bike lanes, one way streets where they are not wide enough to accommodate such traffic, and building a
bike - friendly city.
Yet from supporting
bike to work day through greening Madison Square to getting serious
about physically separated
bike lanes, the
We write
about the news and practice of the protected
bike lane revolution a few times a week on our blog.
1) Why better
lanes matter: Academic research shows that the many people who would like to
bike more, but don't, are particularly concerned
about safety.
Learn more
about these facilities on our Better
Bikes Lanes page.
She oversaw major initiatives, including the launch of the Hubway
bike share system and the installation of
about 50 miles of
bike lanes and 850 bicycle racks.
The truth
about how many people cycle to their jobs matters because Mayor Bloomberg and DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik - Khan are using a supposed increase to justify their crazed campaign to install new
bike lanes all over town — at drivers» and pedestrians» expense.
It doesn't matter what it is, we complain
about it —
bikes rolling through stop signs, cars stopped in the
bike lane,
bikes going the wrong way on a one - way street, pedestrians crossing at mid-block, etc..
Kea Wilson interviews author Melody Hoffman
about why protected
bike lanes aren't always the best way to get people
biking and why a more comprehensive, community - based strategy is needed.
How
about some separated
bike lanes leading up to the bridges?
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about protected
bike lanes.
The attitude
about cycling here is just one of many things to cheer: a planned light - rail bridge that will also bring $ 40 million in new buffered
bike lanes and paths; a proposed apartment project with 1,200 parking spaces for
bikes; and a university that supports urban cycling research, Portland State, which last year released a scientific study proving that, yes,
bike commuters really do arrive happier.
Since coming to work at the League in 2012 I had learned
about Davis - the city with the highest rates of
bike use in the United States; Davis - the city that began experimenting with protected
bike lanes in the 1970s; Davis - the university that is closed to most car traffic; Davis - the community where a Bicycle Hall of Fame anchors a town square.
It brings up an important issue
about how cities need to keep
bike lanes safe if they're to require cyclists to ride only within the narrow white lines.
Musing
about what it would take to get more people in other cities to hop on
bikes, Notaras mentions some of the many initiatives in Japan to promote cycling, including the Green Pedal Map, which provides information in English and Japanese «on
bike lanes, danger zones, rental locations,
bike parks and so on,» as well as the leadership role that needs to be played by government and businesses.
But Clarence and the folks at StreetFilms are at it once again - this time creating a movie
about the controversial, yet extremely effective, contraflow
bike lane that runs through the heart of downtown Boulder, Colorado.
The most interesting thing
about Fort Lauderdale's attempts to make the city pedestrian,
bike and wheelchair friendly is that they are obviously trying; there are
bike lanes, pedestrian crossings, ramps at intersections, a beach - side pedestrian walkway.
During the debate
about removing two suburban
bike lanes, Councillor Michelle Berardinetti said «
bike lanes are not a good fit for suburbs because we are forced to use our cars here» and «I never want to see
bike lanes in Scarborough ever again.»
But there is a thriving
bike culture, helped by nearly 400 miles of cycle
lanes,
about 150 miles of which are separated from motor traffic.
Local news reporters cite a «war» between cyclists and drivers, as motor vehicles are regularly left parked in
bike lanes, and while a perceived lack of
bike lane enforcement has become a source of frustration for local cyclists, that could be
about to change.
One utility, Toronto Hydro, seems to be particularly thoughtful
about cyclists, setting up bollard
bike lanes for them.