Cyclists fare best?
02-22-08, 03:42 PM
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Well the one I'm thinking of they've taken a four lane gun barrel, created a path on each side, added on/off turn lanes and created a single drive lane for each direction. Normally that would sound terrible, but it's through a residential part of town albeit one of the main roads through town. Hit it spot on they did, traffic has slowed considerably. It used to be a terrible place for the kids to walk home from school, as there are schools all over the place within a block or two of this street. The path isn't a great design for riding..but as a calmer of cars?, BINGO.
02-22-08, 04:28 PM
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Well the one I'm thinking of they've taken a four lane gun barrel, created a path on each side, added on/off turn lanes and created a single drive lane for each direction. Normally that would sound terrible, but it's through a residential part of town albeit one of the main roads through town. Hit it spot on they did, traffic has slowed considerably. It used to be a terrible place for the kids to walk home from school, as there are schools all over the place within a block or two of this street. The path isn't a great design for riding..but as a calmer of cars?, BINGO.
02-22-08, 04:31 PM
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they should try making the main travel lanes even narrower then... Funny how when removing parking cyclists don't get that full 8.5 feet of left over width. So in effect the "automotive lanes" are widened and then the bike lanes are added... no wonder automotive traffic moves faster.
02-22-08, 09:18 PM
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they should try making the main travel lanes even narrower then... Funny how when removing parking cyclists don't get that full 8.5 feet of left over width. So in effect the "automotive lanes" are widened and then the bike lanes are added... no wonder automotive traffic moves faster.
02-23-08, 08:08 AM
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forgot to mention the parking stays
02-23-08, 10:08 PM
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with considerate engineering, a bike lane addition does not necesarily lead to the 'gun barrel' effect. another foretorite fallacy-
bicyclists fare best in communities that recognize bikes as human powered vehicles with unique operating characteristics and accomodated as such- helemet head stands as an excellent example (despite his denial)of a bicyclist that fares best living in a community that has been planning for bikes in the transportation mix for over 35 years!
bicyclists fare best in communities that recognize bikes as human powered vehicles with unique operating characteristics and accomodated as such- helemet head stands as an excellent example (despite his denial)of a bicyclist that fares best living in a community that has been planning for bikes in the transportation mix for over 35 years!
02-23-08, 10:37 PM
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02-24-08, 10:35 AM
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we're real happy for you and your chestbeating skills, chip. I mean, bicycling abilities!
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