Study: Bike lanes don't reduce severity of bike/car crashes
06-09-13, 08:18 AM
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new study shows that people getting off their dam cell phones, and paying attention to where they are driving, reduces the number of crashes into bikes
06-09-13, 08:34 AM
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yeah, yeah, no bike lane wide enough for you....... you think this buffered bikelane along Dexter presents heightened dangers for cyclists from car mirrors, sure sure.... 
whatever you say....
so, what do you recommend for Dexter in front of King 5? In front of King 5 the road is close to 100 feet wide.... it's 4 lanes, parking and bikelane, parking strip and sidewalk both sides now.
road diet with an even wider buffered bikelane, or cycletrack?
The city isn't going to give this road, one of the major N/S routes into downtown Seattle, back to motorists and force cyclists to 'take the lane' in front of the vehicle traffic.
modern NA cycletrack is in the city's next bike master plan, which is why KING 5 is promoting this view on bike lanes perhaps?
whatever you say....so, what do you recommend for Dexter in front of King 5? In front of King 5 the road is close to 100 feet wide.... it's 4 lanes, parking and bikelane, parking strip and sidewalk both sides now.
road diet with an even wider buffered bikelane, or cycletrack?
The city isn't going to give this road, one of the major N/S routes into downtown Seattle, back to motorists and force cyclists to 'take the lane' in front of the vehicle traffic.
modern NA cycletrack is in the city's next bike master plan, which is why KING 5 is promoting this view on bike lanes perhaps?
06-09-13, 09:11 AM
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What may be best in that case is an economic approach. That is, if the road is unsuitable for the traffic volumes, discourage economic activity along the route, to encourage use of other routes, or to crash land values so that it's possible to bulldoze and widen, then rebuild the economy in that area.
06-09-13, 09:27 AM
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What may be best in that case is an economic approach. That is, if the road is unsuitable for the traffic volumes, discourage economic activity along the route, to encourage use of other routes, or to crash land values so that it's possible to bulldoze and widen, then rebuild the economy in that area.
06-09-13, 02:38 PM
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I never said the severity of being hit while in the 'travel lane' is less. Nor do I agree with whoever said it. Just like you said "Interesting physics magic there."
06-09-13, 02:50 PM
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Do bike lanes increase bicycling and bicycle share of total traffic?
Does more bikes on the road lead to more safety for all cyclists?
Does more bikes on the road lead to more safety for all cyclists?
06-09-13, 03:07 PM
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I feel bike lanes will increase the bicycle share of traffic, by how much depends on the design and the road that it was implemented on. One of our most recently installed bike lanes has a low potentiality of attracting cyclists due to it's Eleventh hour design, squeezing too much into small area.
