There was also no information to indicate
the bike lanes caused traffic congestion.
Not exact matches
As the above video highlights, Washington, D.C. recently implemented a
bike - share program known as Smart
Bike D.C. And much as cities like New York and Mexico City have been doing, D.C. has been busy adding miles of new
bike lanes and cycling infrastructure to accommodate the rise in cycling
caused in part by high gas prices.
Bike - sharing programs, which have truly gone global the last few years, appear to be putting cycling on the radar of politicians, planning professionals, and commuters.
As cities work to address decades - long issues of equity in street design (low - income people in particular have a disproportionate risk of death or injury
caused by traffic crashes), effective
bike share station placement and planning can help close the gap by increasing pedestrian visibility at intersections, providing pedestrian refuge areas, protecting
bike lanes and pedestrian plazas, and extending the reach of transit.
After the devastation
caused by the powerful earthquake that hit Mexico City in September, the city's bus rapid transit
lanes,
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Dozens of taxis have been photographed illegally using
bike lanes as taxi ranks in Toronto over one 24 hour period this weekend,
causing bemusement among cyclists and, apparently, the companies they work for.
We had to ride south on Avenue Road, keeping as close to the curb as possible on one of the busiest streets in town in the middle of rush hour, wondering what kind of governments hypocritically promote cycling and then neglect to provide any decent routes; that refuse to demand sideguards on trucks like they do in the UK; that refuse to enforce the few rules about parking or driving in
bike lanes; and that refuse to ban cell phone use while driving when 80 % of accidents are
caused by inattention of drivers.
To improve safety, he said, pedestrians and cyclists need physical barriers like protected
bike lanes — an idea gaining popularity around the U.S. but also
causing fights in some places over reduced parking or travel
lanes.
If you are swerving in and out of
lanes,
biking erratically and not paying attention to your surroundings, a police officer will have
cause to stop you and you may be asked to perform a sobriety test.
Before passing a bicyclist, the driver of a motorized vehicle must check the
lane to see if debris on the pavement might
cause the
bike rider to move to the middle of the
lane
Poor roadway design or lack of
bike lanes could also
cause serious injury bicycle accidents.