Sentences with phrase «use bike lanes»

This is a street not unlike others in Toronto, where cars and delivery vehicles commonly use the bike lane as their ATM drive - through, it is almost always blocked at Spadina Avenue like this.

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.

If bicyclists are riding on a roadway with a bike lane and are moving slower than traffic, they must use the bike lane.

This is frustrating to all of us, but using a bike lane as your own personal free parking lane is not a helpful solution.

Not exact matches

Gustafson said the next step is to assemble a bike path advisory committee to decide issues such as the scope of the project and whether separate trails or a bike lane alongside the streets will be used.

Following the installation of bike lanes on Columbus Avenue in my district, my office, in collaboration with Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, conducted a study on their use and suggested potential improvements.

Focus On (StreetsPAC article): «Pedestrian plazas, bike lanes and loading zones all remove parking supply and encourage people to use transit or drive when there is less demand for limited parking spaces.

They put bike lanes, forget about driving... It used to take me, from Crown Heights to Boro Park, 15 minutes to go.

Cyclists heralded the lane as a vast safety improvement that will encourage more New Yorkers to use bikes.

In 2004 PedNet convinced Columbia's city council to revise its street design standards, adding or widening sidewalks, bike lanes and mixed - use paths.

Another factor that encouraged its use was the perception of a safe environment as regards urban traffic and the existence of bike lanes separated from the rest of vehicles.

To see it like a local, rent a bicycle and roll by using one of the readily available bike lanes.

In addition to the road improvements, the Project also includes: two tolled direct connect flyovers that will link eastbound SH 71 to northbound US 183 and southbound US 183 to westbound SH 71; a new 5 - foot bike lane on each side of the project, a 10 - foot shared use path, and a 6 - foot to 10 - foot sidewalk.

Whether you spent a few hundred or a few thousand dollars on your bike, whether you use it to commute to work or to cycle around the block with your kids, it's important to understand the rules of the bike lane and protect your financial investment with the proper insurance.

Use our running map to explore the nearby Schuylkill River Trail, or borrow a free PUBLIC bike to cruise the city's abundant bike lanes.

Even by motor bike using all lanes and the footpaths it's still tuff.

There is that Trials - like element to it, but there's also just getting used to the lane switching, the way that the bike's handle as they turn, and slight quirks with the controls that Tate are still refining.

It is sized appropriately for its use in bike lanes, can carry a single person and 25 kg of cargo, or one person and a child, and it even includes a rear tow hitch for hauling a trailer.

Minneapolis is testing out a protected bike lane system using pop - up protected bike lanes.

Most of the roads that do have bike lanes are in disrepair, and given the traffic and bad drivers who also use these roads, riding a bike can seem like a death wish.

Plus, these lanes will be public, both for those who are using the bike sharing program and for those who are riding their own bicycles,» said Eduardo Moreno, Buenos Aires Transportation sub-secretary.

It's the European standard, used because they can play nicely in bike lanes with regular bikes.

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.

Clever system picks up the bluetooth signals from cellphones to monitor how many people are using a street or sidewalk or bike lane.

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.

For years the numbers around biking have shown that men predominate in the bike lanes, and most especially, when the numbers used come from the U.S. census and specifically count bike commuters.

Because they use planters, curbs, parked cars or posts to separate bike and auto traffic on busy streets, protected lanes are essential to building a full network of bike - friendly routes.

Proponents of «vehicular cycling» believe bikes should act as cars: occupy full lanes, stop at red lights, use a hand signal at least 100 feet ahead of a turn.

Perhaps we should look beyond the shiny gadgets now being offered and revisit some less sexy but potent options — smog reduction, bike lanes, energy taxes, and land - use changes to start.

The most advanced Bicycle Friendly Communities and Bicycle Friendly Universities have a well - connected bicycling networks, consisting of quiet neighborhood streets, conventional and protected bike lanes, shared use trails, and policies to ensure connectivity and maintenance of these facilities.

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 certainly doesn't include the number of cyclists who use the protected bike lanes on First, Second, Eighth, Ninth avenues and Broadway.

Only three percent of cyclists didn't use the protected lane, compared to before it was installed, when 12 percent of riders rode in the street instead of in the bike lane.

96 percent of people using protected bike lanes believe they increased safety on the street.

When riding my bike for transportation (and not for leisure), I seek out bike lanes and routes frequently used by cyclists because drivers who regularly use those routes are accustomed to sharing the road with cyclists.

That's why part of our program involves taking delegates from U.S. cities on curated tours of places like Rotterdam and Copenhagen, to see protected bike lanes in action and talk to the ordinary people who use them.

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.

Separated bike lanes are at street level and use a variety of methods for physical protection from passing traffic.

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.

«Complete» streets take ideas such as dedicated bike lanes, reduced street width, transit accommodations and pedestrian medians to make non-automobile users of streets safer and more apt to use different ways of getting around.According to Complete the Streets

For most people, safe parking spaces to avoid the bike from being stolen, and safer bike lanes were the main persuaders to use their own bicycle.

In places like downtown and along busy streets, where Greenways and shared - use paths are not really possible, cycle tracks can be used to extend the «high - comfort» network, and allow people to reach their destinations without having to use less comfortable bike lanes adjacent to high - speed traffic.

This Minneapolis crew actually wants to use its pop - up protected bike lane to inspire a citywide network of permanent protected bike lanes — like what you see all over the Netherlands.

Basically, the colored bike lane is constructed using Lego - like blocks that snap together.

See Also::: Toronto's Love / Hate Relationship with Bikes,:: Cycle Commuting, Bike Buses and SUV Accidents,:: Cycle Lanes: Use Them Or Else,:: Helmets — for whom?

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 in some places there are turf wars brewing over the use of electric bikes and scooters in bike lanes.

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.

See Also::: Young Environmentalists Protest Anti-Bicycle Policy At Their School,:: Toronto's Love / Hate Relationship with Bikes,:: Cycle Commuting, Bike Buses and SUV Accidents,:: Cycle Lanes: Use Them Or Else,:: Helmets — for whom?

Taking the proper safety precautions — like using signals and lights, riding in bike lanes, and following the traffic laws — lets drivers know where you are and what you're doing, and that makes them able to give you the space you need to ride safely.