So, why does this particular
type of bike lane seem to increase ridership so much?
Not exact matches
Studying
bike lanes in 90 or the 100 largest American cities, Pucher and collaborater Ralph Buehl used Pearson's correlation, bivariate quartile analysis, and two different
types of regressions to measure the relationship between more and longer
bike lanes and quantity
of cyclists.
While it seems unrealistic to imagine American cities spending this
type of money for
bike lanes, it would certainly benefit cyclists in «real winter, real cyclists» cities like Minneapolis and New York.
So, you've got two conflicting points here: one is that two - way
bike lanes are correlated with stronger bicycling growth than any other
type of protected
bike lane in this NITC report (more research needs to be done to confirm causation, not simply correlation), and second is that on - street two - way
bike lanes are considerably less safe than on - street one - way
bike lanes according to numerous bicycle planning experts and authorities.
While going down these
bike lanes along a one - way street, I have a bit
of an «oh, dear»
type of moment.