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23866
The survey strikes me as being the equivalent of asking 14-year-olds and other non-licenced drivers what motorists need, but you can judge for yourself.... ...
Darrell Noakes
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Dec 2, 2007
9:22 pm
23867
... Have you read this study, yet? How does a survey of a population with a false paradigm belief manage to contradict that bicyclists fare best when they act...
Kenneth O'Brien
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Dec 2, 2007
9:37 pm
23868
================================== THE CHAINGUARD LIST IS NOT INTENDED AS A CHAT ROOM, FORUM OR BULLETIN BOARD FOR BICYCLING CHIT-CHAT OR DISCUSSION OF...
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Dec 2, 2007
9:41 pm
23869
Looks like you've written the first letter to the editor (self-propelled@...). Also, be sure to check out the proposed cycling injuries study, which ...
Darrell Noakes
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Dec 2, 2007
10:13 pm
23870
... Saw it. Note it has Pucher referenced a number of times but never references any of the well known and well accepted studies on point. Ken...
Kenneth O'Brien
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Dec 2, 2007
10:27 pm
23871
Kay Tesche's study tells us nothing new, it just repackages the common superstitions as reported by a new batch of respondents. Ms Wrathall incorrectly writes...
John Forester
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Dec 2, 2007
11:42 pm
23872
... http://www.indyculturaltrail.info/ Bob Matter Hammond, Indiana ... Cyclestrians fare best when accommodated with exclusive space free of vehciles....
Robert J. Matter
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Dec 3, 2007
4:37 am
23873
... Wide outside through lanes do not make cycling better. Please consider either dropping that all together - or a suggested ... If roadway designers wish to...
Kenneth O'Brien
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Dec 3, 2007
1:07 pm
23874
Sometimes WOLs make it easier for cyclists to pass motorists. In normal operation, I prefer to be in the traffic lane, rather than beside it. But when traffic...
Keri Caffrey
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Dec 3, 2007
3:03 pm
23875
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/ la-me-settlement28nov28,0,1747794.story?coll=la-home-center Apparently two women joggers struck by a car driven in a 9-12 ft...
Wayne Pein
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Dec 3, 2007
7:22 pm
23876
http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/07/12/ new-high-visibility-bike-lanes-in-brooklyn/ Blue bike lanes in Portland, neon green in Brooklyn. I really like high viz...
Wayne Pein
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Dec 3, 2007
7:28 pm
23877
The law that prohibits pedestrians (including joggers) from using bike lanes only applies if there is no suitable pedestrian facility (sidewalk) available. ...
Serge Issakov
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Dec 3, 2007
7:36 pm
23878
Euwwww, that green clashes with all of my jerseys! You might be on to something Wayne, we could design a line of matching cycling fashion-wear. Just think of...
Keri Caffrey
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Dec 3, 2007
7:47 pm
23879
... Bicyclists will always be the least impacted vehicle driver under congested conditions. This is due to the bicyclist's narrow vehicle - and ability to...
Kenneth O'Brien
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Dec 3, 2007
7:55 pm
23880
... Is there any legality issue with overtaking on the left? It is legal for a cyclist to cross the yellow line to overtake a traffic jam? ... An abundance of...
Keri Caffrey
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Dec 3, 2007
8:20 pm
23881
I log on to the Web site which Bob Matter posted and What do I see Paths which cross streets and also run against the flow of the other vehicle users. So That...
howmanlaurence
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Dec 3, 2007
8:22 pm
23882
... I think your absolutes are not applicable to everyone's situation. There can be distinct downsides to filtering forward on the left. If you are on the left...
Wayne Pein
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Dec 3, 2007
8:34 pm
23883
... Whatever the specific local technical details, it _should_ be legal. The proper use of yellow center lines are as advisories about general channelization...
Kenneth O'Brien
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Dec 3, 2007
8:39 pm
23884
... CA ought to then call such a "bike lane" a "shared use" lane and sign it such that bicycle drivers can expect peds in their way. If there are peds there,...
Wayne Pein
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Dec 3, 2007
8:39 pm
23885
... Our problem would be that our forthcoming (within a week or two) Comotion Speedster in Limetime green would become invisible :-) Wayne...
Wayne Pein
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Dec 3, 2007
8:43 pm
23886
... I don't have any absolutes in there. I mention filtering forward on both sides, and included the issues and ranked concerns. ... Not in my experience....
Kenneth O'Brien
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Dec 3, 2007
8:51 pm
23887
... I submit that instead, everybody should : 1) Drop all attempts to legally hair-split define the bad design of bikelanes. 2) Recognize that if a public...
Kenneth O'Brien
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Dec 3, 2007
8:54 pm
23888
... Or make it a shoulder. In California, shoulders are optional for cyclists while bike lanes are mandatory (with exceptions)....
Michael Graff
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Dec 3, 2007
9:04 pm
23889
... I'm disease free, and I can tell the difference 3 ft of space makes on my 30 inch wide bike. But if you are right (and in your mind you are), that a few...
Wayne Pein
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Dec 3, 2007
9:21 pm
23890
... Based on what I see in my region, what I would like to see is people recognize that marking the shoulders of roads as "bicycle lanes" screws pedestrians...
Michael Poplawski
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Dec 3, 2007
9:29 pm
23891
... They are not meaningful as a 'bicyclist accommodation.' I believe they are quite meaningful as part of a wider program not related to bicycling-specific...
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Dec 3, 2007
10:05 pm
23892
... 1. In the real world, bike lanes exist, their mileage is growing, and they aren't going away anytime soon, though I wish they would. So if they exist, then...
Wayne Pein
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Dec 3, 2007
10:33 pm
23893
The Sevilla Town Council actually set up a poll to (suposedly) decide which color the city's bike lanes should be. There were only three colors to choose from,...
poteit0r
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Dec 3, 2007
10:45 pm
23894
... That is the point. Bikelanes can't be done right. Any attempt to contribute to bikelanes being 'done right' is an effective mandate of an idea that just...
Kenneth O'Brien
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Dec 3, 2007
10:59 pm
23895
... There is the idea that pedestrians have to move out of the way of motorists or cyclists. Where does this come from? In British Columbia, where I live, I've...
Michael Poplawski
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Dec 3, 2007
11:18 pm
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