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  • Category: Cycling
  • Founded: Dec 11, 1999
  • Language: English
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31757 John Forester
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May 10, 2013
11:16 pm
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...
31758 ianbrettcooper Send Email May 11, 2013
10:08 am
Segregated facility advocates continue to cite plain statistics on ridership and cycling casualties as if such stats are meaningful. They also continue to...
31759 poteit0r Send Email May 11, 2013
10:49 am
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 ...
31760 Jerry Foster
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May 11, 2013
10:50 am
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...
31761 John Forester
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May 11, 2013
4:35 pm
Neal exposes his ideological limitations in these comments. The NYC report was not about "bicycle infrastructure";, but about a wide range of street changes...
31762 John Forester
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May 11, 2013
8:45 pm
Jerry Foster suggests that an organization such as the Sierra Club could be persuaded to advocate and implement vehicular cycling into its anti-motoring...
31763 John Brooking
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May 11, 2013
8:55 pm
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...
31764 Bruce Kulik
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May 11, 2013
9:21 pm
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...
31765 Mark Ortiz
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May 12, 2013
4:17 am
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...
31766 Mark Ortiz
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May 12, 2013
4:57 am
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...
31767 Jerry Foster
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May 12, 2013
5:42 pm
My understanding is that environmental groups are concerned not with "anti-motoring" but with anti-pollution. We're now seeing motor vehicles which pollute...
31768 Bob Shanteau
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May 12, 2013
8:41 pm
Motorists and cyclists in Cambridge, England <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcKvBONpxgw>...
31769 John Forester
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May 12, 2013
9:36 pm
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...
31770 Mark Ortiz
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May 12, 2013
10:13 pm
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,...
31771 ianbrettcooper Send Email May 12, 2013
10:21 pm
... 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...
31772 Mark Ortiz
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May 13, 2013
5:53 am
Actually, the segregationist planners face considerable obstacles from environmental regulators, primarily due to the increase in impermeable area that...
31773 ianbrettcooper Send Email May 13, 2013
9:44 am
... 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...
31774 Jerry Foster
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May 13, 2013
12:12 pm
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...
31775 ianbrettcooper Send Email May 13, 2013
1:03 pm
... 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...
31776 ianbrettcooper Send Email May 13, 2013
1:24 pm
... 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....
31777 Bruce Kulik
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May 13, 2013
1:25 pm
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...
31778 ianbrettcooper Send Email May 13, 2013
2:09 pm
... 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,...
31779 John Forester
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May 13, 2013
3:22 pm
Bikeways include bike lanes, bike paths, and bike routes. Paved bikeways do not necessarily require laying more concrete or asphalt. I regard the...
31780 John Forester
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May 13, 2013
3:57 pm
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...
31781 Ian Cooper
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May 13, 2013
4:31 pm
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...
31782 John Forester
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May 13, 2013
4:35 pm
One can wish for "a great accurate executive summary of scientific studies unequivocally showing the lack of safety for various infrastructure treatments."...
31783 John Forester
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May 13, 2013
4:50 pm
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...
31784 ianbrettcooper Send Email May 13, 2013
5:46 pm
"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...
31785 John Forester
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May 13, 2013
6:30 pm
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...
31786 ianbrettcooper Send Email May 13, 2013
6:56 pm
"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...
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