Sentences with phrase «install bicycle lanes»

Their planned intervention was to install bicycle lanes at the Toronto intersection where Jenna Morrison was crushed under the rear wheels of a truck, the driver of which claims he couldn't didn't see her, even though she was towing a trailer.

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After a protected bike lane was installed on Chicago's Kinzie Street: Bicycle ridership on increased 55 percent, according to morning rush hour counts; Forty - one percent of respondents changed their usual route to take advantage of the new lane; Bicyclists accounted for a majority of all eastbound traffic (53 percent) and more than one third (34 percent) of total street traffic during a CDOT traffic count conducted during morning rush hour in August 2011.

I remember reading somewhere that on 9th Avenue where the new separated bike lane was installed, bicycle use has doubled, pedestrian injuries have been halved, vehicle crashes are down, and cyclist compliance with traffic laws is higher, all without creating more traffic congestion.

Despite various efforts to increase bicycling safety — such as installing designated bicycle lanes — this increase in bicycle travel has led to an increase in bicycle accidents.

The city of Austin received a federal grant for the bicycle traffic signals two years ago, and the signals will be installed on major routes where protected bike lane infrastructure already exists, the Austin Transportation Department announced.