I read the NYCDOT report. 16 pages, mostly pictorial. I don't know who Elly is, but she writes nothing more than propaganda. There is only one sidepath shown...
Segregated facility advocates continue to cite plain statistics on ridership and cycling casualties as if such stats are meaningful. They also continue to...
Cory Doctorw of Boingboing has posted as fact some vapid segregationist "study" from NYC: http://boingboing.net/2013/05/10/bike-lanes-led-to-49-increase.html ...
In NYC, facilities have meant taking away extremely scarce on-street parking, which is likely the source of neighborhood opposition. I'd guess the Sierra club...
Neal exposes his ideological limitations in these comments. The NYC report was not about "bicycle infrastructure";, but about a wide range of street changes...
Jerry Foster suggests that an organization such as the Sierra Club could be persuaded to advocate and implement vehicular cycling into its anti-motoring...
I only skimmed some of the later posts, but I haven't heard anyone talk about actively communicating with the motorist behind you when you don't want them to...
In my experience, the only "allies" are those who don't want parking or travel lanes removed for additional bike lanes or tracks. They are only allies in the...
It's a racket: a money-making enterprise based on deception. A successful racket, based on successful deception, but no less a racket for that. It is very...
Slight correction, but one that does not affect conclusions below: I said that time taken to make the pass is related to lateral movement of the passing...
My understanding is that environmental groups are concerned not with "anti-motoring" but with anti-pollution. We're now seeing motor vehicles which pollute...
Jerry's first claim is that the automobile reduction in gallons per mile ought to wean the environmentalists away from their anti-motoring policy. Jerry, when...
Nope, goofed again. Let’s see if I can really get it right this time. If Sy is the distance the car moves over, and t is the time for the whole maneuver,...
... I've never seen any preponderance of evidence that suggests it's anything but safer in ALL contexts. But what has VC advocacy got to do with the Sierra...
Actually, the segregationist planners face considerable obstacles from environmental regulators, primarily due to the increase in impermeable area that...
... Yes, they do. But my point is that segregationists still manage to clothe their activities in the mantle of environmentalism. ... It takes energy to make...
The point of approaching potential allies is not to expand our focus, but to gather support for a specific policy change, e.g. the freedom to ride on the road...
... I never said it was. It's a byproduct - and not a good one. I don't know why you can't or won't counter my arguments directly, but posting straw men as if...
... I still don't see why any environmental group should care about that. It's like asking an environmental group to care about equipping SUVs with ashtrays....
Unfortunately for us, Ian, it is a matter of debate. When non-VC advocates trot out their own "studies" as was done with the "Fight is Over" article, and has...
... Well, while it's true that, in general, ignorant people will always be distracting us by debating stuff that is (by any meaningful measure) beyond debate,...
I would be very cautious about the claim that "It is not a matter of debate that segregated cycling facilities are less safe than the road - it's a matter of...
http://vimeo.com/imagerywithimpact/biketowork The cyclist rides in the gutter, in the door zone, on the sidewalk, even (at one point) in the gutter on the left...
One can wish for "a great accurate executive summary of scientific studies unequivocally showing the lack of safety for various infrastructure treatments."...
The policy change that we advocate is the repeal of those laws that prohibit cyclists from obeying the rules of the road for drivers of vehicles (RRDV), those...
"I would be very cautious about the claim that "It is not a matter of debate that segregated cycling facilities are less safe than the road - it's a matter of...
We have to be careful about accuracy. I know of no study providing empirical evidence showing that vehicular cycling is safer than cycling on a segregated...
"We have to be careful about accuracy. I know of no study providing empirical evidence showing that vehicular cycling is safer than cycling on a segregated...
