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Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-26-14, 08:10 PM
Replies: 167
Views: 8,351
Posted By John Forester

Well, then, what are these other parts of your...

Well, then, what are these other parts of your "equation"?
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-26-14, 04:48 PM
Replies: 167
Views: 8,351
Posted By John Forester

John Forester wrote: " The need for teaching...

John Forester wrote: " The need for teaching [traffic cycling to] adult Americans is to get them to unlearn all the bad habits and debilitating fears that American motoring society has inculcated...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-25-14, 06:25 PM
Replies: 167
Views: 8,351
Posted By John Forester

Cranky, your statements are inaccurate again, and...

Cranky, your statements are inaccurate again, and again. You need to learn. You state that: "In the U.S. with vehicular cycling it is highly recommended, by John and most vehicular cycling...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-25-14, 06:03 PM
Replies: 167
Views: 8,351
Posted By John Forester

You have it all wrong, Cranky! Certainly, it is...

You have it all wrong, Cranky! Certainly, it is reasonable to consider LAB's actions in terms of politics, because LAB exists to sell more bicycles. The machinations of the LAB board of directors is...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-24-14, 06:36 PM
Replies: 167
Views: 8,351
Posted By John Forester

CrankyOne is incorrect in claiming: "Firstly, a...

CrankyOne is incorrect in claiming: "Firstly, a primary trouble spot is between junctions with bicycle riders being hit from behind as the recent LAB report indicated, thus the need for cycletracks...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-24-14, 05:19 PM
Replies: 167
Views: 8,351
Posted By John Forester

Way back when the AASHTO bikeway standards were...

Way back when the AASHTO bikeway standards were being created, we hoped that bike paths would be like miniature highways in both design and operation. After all, the rules of the road for drivers of...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-24-14, 04:36 PM
Replies: 167
Views: 8,351
Posted By John Forester

This has been a major point in bicycle traffic...

This has been a major point in bicycle traffic engineering from the very beginning. Consider the points of a diamond labelled, for ease in visualization, N, E, S, W as in the points of a compass. A...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-24-14, 03:05 PM
Replies: 167
Views: 8,351
Posted By John Forester

When I last had a regular commuting ride, the...

When I last had a regular commuting ride, the distance was 11.5 miles which I typically did in 44 minutes, which is 15.7 mph. The terrain was flat, Sunnyvale to Menlo Park, California.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-24-14, 12:20 PM
Replies: 167
Views: 8,351
Posted By John Forester

Nearly all motor vehicles can exceed most road...

Nearly all motor vehicles can exceed most road speed limits. That's irrelevant to this discussion. The relevant point is that the facilities for America's bicycle transportation system are officially...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-23-14, 04:06 PM
Replies: 167
Views: 8,351
Posted By John Forester

Being a futurologist is a very problematical and...

Being a futurologist is a very problematical and dubious profession. But still, what do we do for today? Today's official policy (if anything can be called an official policy in the topsy-turvey...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-23-14, 03:42 PM
Replies: 167
Views: 8,351
Posted By John Forester

The facility that you describe is not a bike lane...

The facility that you describe is not a bike lane but a sidepath, now being promoted as a cycletrack. This type of facility is defined as being alongside the roadway and separated from the roadway by...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
06-22-14, 02:09 PM
Replies: 167
Views: 8,351
Posted By John Forester

It ain't that simple. On most roadways cyclists...

It ain't that simple. On most roadways cyclists can ride safely as fast as their physical capacity allows. Why then should government build bikeways which are safe only when used at less than half of...
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