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Old 05-14-07, 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by John C. Ratliff
I cannot say for sure that this is science for bicycle lanes, but in Singapore there are no bike lanes. This study is being used by some to promote the concept of bike lanes as a possible way of dealing with the injury situation that this study discusses:



If any of you want to read the full text of this article, it is available free from the Singapore Medical Journal at:

http://www.sma.org.sg/smj/smjpast.html

If you go to the above site, you will see that there are two articles. One is a shorter commentary, which calls for looking at possible interventions, including the possibility of establishing bike lanes.

Here's a part of that commentary:



John
It is well known that physicians and other medical practitioners know nothing about cycling in traffic except the current superstition. I deal professionally with this situation frequently. The article is irrelevant to the question of what to do to make cycling safer in Singapore.
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