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09-30-08, 05:24 PM
Recently I posted an article about a cyclist who was crushed by a bus after falling from her bike when she was caught in tram tracks. Something may now be done to increase safety for cyclists on trams routes. Melbourne, by the way, has one of the largest tram networks in the world.
When you ride regularly on tram routes you quickly learn the tracks should be crossed at as close to 90 degrees as possible. But, of course, this is rarely possible. 45 degrees can pose a problem particulaly when the tracks are wet.
CYCLISTS and the high-heeled may be spared the risk they now run of being tripped up by tram tracks. But cyclists must wait another two months before some buses are banned from Swanston St.
Last night Melbourne City Council was considering asking the State Government to investigate the installation of rubber barriers between tram tracks and the bitumen so high heels and bike tyres could not be snagged in the gap.
Cr Catherine Ng, who proposed the idea, said the gap posed a major hazard to cyclists and the rubber inserts had been a successful safety measure in Amsterdam.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24428128-2862,00.html
When you ride regularly on tram routes you quickly learn the tracks should be crossed at as close to 90 degrees as possible. But, of course, this is rarely possible. 45 degrees can pose a problem particulaly when the tracks are wet.
CYCLISTS and the high-heeled may be spared the risk they now run of being tripped up by tram tracks. But cyclists must wait another two months before some buses are banned from Swanston St.
Last night Melbourne City Council was considering asking the State Government to investigate the installation of rubber barriers between tram tracks and the bitumen so high heels and bike tyres could not be snagged in the gap.
Cr Catherine Ng, who proposed the idea, said the gap posed a major hazard to cyclists and the rubber inserts had been a successful safety measure in Amsterdam.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24428128-2862,00.html