At least one section of one of the MUPs in Sacramento, Calif is posted for peds to travel facing the normal (on the right) flow of bicycle traffic... and to...
Thanks, Jim, Do you think you mean the American River Parkway? <http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=XFA043-039> According to this, they explain...
Mike: It has been some time - years - since I rode the Sacramento MUPs. I recall that signs along the path directed peds to travel to the outside, facing ...
... saying that some trail managers have gone to having peds face traffic (i.e. walk on the left). ... We rode on the Rillito River Path in Tucson, AZ in...
... Thanks, Judy, If I understand correctly, having peds face traffic failed when the trail was beyond the point where traffic could flow smoothly, regardless...
On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 11:28:42 -0700, "Michael Poplawski" ... If peds are facing cyclists, then it becomes the responsibility of the peds to step off the path...
Judy Murphy wrote: << No, I do NOT think it is a good idea to have pedestrians keep to the left. Far better to have everyone keep to the right. >> To which I...
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Oct 4, 2005 11:57 am
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Hi In another forum I have had this statement put to me. "Every US state requires that a bicycle operated at night be equipped with a red tail light and a...
... Utah law allows for a red taillight _OR_ rear reflector. I believe this option is widespread....
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Oct 5, 2005 5:59 pm
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I believe the Alabama law is disjunctive, too: red light or reflector. Kelly ... Kelly Dean Jolley Alumni Associate Professor and Chair Department of...
Partially true - Most states require a white headlight - usually visible at 500 feet - and a red reflector. Sometimes a red taillight or amber reflector is...
Delaware requires a front light and rear red reflector. Other lighting or reflective devices are allowed. Chris Law [Non-text portions of this message have...
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Oct 5, 2005 10:34 pm
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... Headlight, yes. Tail light, not in all states. The Uniform Vehicle Code recently added a tail light to the requirement for rear reflector and headlight. ...
This is en excerpt from the NC laws: e) Lamps on Bicycles. Every bicycle shall be equipped with a lighted lamp visible up to three hundred feet in front when...
... NC has decent bicycle traffic laws too. They get a "B" rating -- see http://www.geocities.com/fredoswald/law-reform.html. However as Wayne Pein (I think...
Three days ago, shane foran asked: << "Every US state requires that a bicycle operated at night be equipped with a red tail light and a white headlight, and...
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Oct 8, 2005 7:29 pm
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New Georgia state law cites that operator of a bicycle at night must have head light visible at 300 feet. You must have a rear reflector, or light visible...
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Oct 9, 2005 9:44 am
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... John is being modest. He wrote an article about reflectors -- an inherently booooring subject, but he is such a talented writer that it is actually...
Can anyone point me to the origin(s) of the claim that travel lanes wider than 14' encourage side-by-side operation of automobiles in a single lane, and why...
... The original investigation was: McHenry, S.R. and Wallace, M.J. Evaluation of Wide Curb Lanes as Shared Lane Bicycle Facilities, Maryland State Highway...
I found the abstract from that paper on the web /> evaluation of wide curb lanes as shared lane bicycle / /> facilities. final report / /> AUTHOR / />...
... Others have already cited the origins but I will add, from here in the capital of wide curb lanes, that we don't see doubling up, except for right turns at...
bob.bayn@...
Oct 14, 2005 3:25 am
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This story by Jack Thomas of the Boston Globe: One week, two wheels: For five days, a reporter leaves his car at home and commutes to work the gas-free way --...
... The UK document Cycle-Friendly Infrastructure (1996)from the Institute of Highways and Transportation raises this issue. It states that for WOLs a width...
