spare_wheel

I strongly disagree that these approaches are necessarily safer. I consider myself to be a very experienced cyclist and I almost never queue. Moreover, the VC queueing approach is exceedingly rare in Portland. Motorists expect cyclists to bunch up at the beginning of an intersection and our bike safety stats speak for themselves.

On my commute it's often the other way around -- cyclists queue up to pass slower moving or jammed car traffic. (I'm not a fan of the design of our bike boxes but advanced stop lines can work well.)


Picture a line of 20 cars and 5-20 cyclists. The VC approach of inserting into the queue simply does not work well in this situation. Moreover, a pack of cyclists generates a safety in numbers effect and often facilitates easier passing by motorvehicles.

Except that the VC approach of queueing up requires motorists behind the cyclist to pass. Moreover, the non-VC approach of cyclists bunching up at the beginning of a line allows motorists to pass many cyclists at once.

cellery

Dear #1 ,

Every once per year or so when I decide to ride a small slice of sidewalk rather than ride in the lane, there is always some highschooler holding his girlfriend's hand walking slowly blocking the entire sidewalk. I am unable to continue riding fast at 18.5 mph and have to slow behind them so that I am almost track standing. Furthermore, they heckle me over my $240 Castelli pro-level kit. Don't they know I am on a very important training ride to beat my friend's Strava KOM? WHAT DO I DO!?

Sincerely,

-Ridefastlikeapro32