It has been widely misreported that the young man doored and killed in Chicago a couple weeks ago was riding in a bike lane. He was not. La Salle Street does...
There were no bikelanes on Main St in the village a few months ago (I went to grade school in Moorestown and most of my family still lives in the town next...
Bob, Thanks for the information and photographs. What is the purpose of that other dashed line? Â Does the street have a no parking restriction during part of...
John Schubert
Schubley@...
Jul 1, 2008 11:44 am
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Left out of the quote of my post below is "That doesn't keep me from trying, even one person at a time." That's the foundation on which I base any conversation...
This is a just past downtown, a narrow street that is not sharable when there are parked cars. While tragic, I wonder why an experienced bicyclist wouldn't be...
Sheesh, I screwed up that reply... The paragraph beginning "That's the foundation..." should have the quote "Follow the rules of the road" prior to it. ... ...
... I see door-hugging all the time by cyclists who ride a lot more miles than I do, faster than I go, and on more expensive equipment. Sometimes this is in...
bob.bayn@...
Jul 1, 2008 9:03 pm
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... He must have been using the road as if the dashed lane line was a bike lane. Since Chicago designs DZBLs thus luring and constraining bicyclists to ride...
... I'm not 100% certain because I seldom ride on LaSalle north of the Loop, but having a curb lane revert to a parking lane after weekday rush hours is...
... Out of curiosity, what is the speed limit on LaSalle? And what is the prevailing speed? Have you considered volunteering with the Chicago Police to conduct...
... It seems to be a common belief, among cyclists and motorists alike, that there's only one rule for cyclists: "keep to the extreme right". This rule is...
Hi all. I was actually trying to buy a chainguard, but finding this site is a happy surprise. Traffic engineers keep telling me "speed differences between...
... It's not the speed differences between lanes per se. If everyone stays in their lanes then there can't be conflicts or collisions. However, even on...
... The 20mph speed limit in the right-most lane would be self-enforcing in the sense that bicyclists in the right lane can't go much more than 20mph. ... ...
I have been off the list for a long time, but in the past I've found the members here invaluable in helping with urban riding technique for vehicular cycling....
John Forester published a three level teaching guide. I think it is ISBN'ed, but only exists in a rough typed form. I think Hawaii state level education system...
... That's the way it is now in the case when a bicyclist uses a significant portion of the lane. Motorists must slow to their speed and/or change lanes. ... ...
... I think users starting a dangerous lane changes lead to dangerous lane changes. Speed differentials are nothing but the reality of a real and useful ...
... Who cares about broken bones? 95% of bicyclist _fatalities_ are from crashes involving cars. (Pucher, 2000) ... You seem to put all responsibility for...
... But without an explicit 20mph speed limit, most users treat 45mph as the _minimum_ speed limit. So both motorists & cyclists assume that the cyclist should...
This business of paying great attention to speed differences is just another exaggeration produced by the cyclist-inferiority view. The car-bike collision...
Go to: http://johnforester.com/Articles/education.htm and you will find both an account of teaching classes of 8 and 10 year olds, and an instructors manual...
... Well, I do for one. I think just about every other human on the planet does too. ... Fatalities occur at 1:100 of bicyclist hospital admission. ... No. I...
I'm not much concerned about overtaking accidents. I'm concerned about intersection/merging accidents caused by bicyclists unable/unwilling to take the lane ...
... The US is spending over $5 billion on bicycle infrastructure http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ssVIwygh30 So we will then have the same fearful, incompetent...
... No. Speed differentials are safe when a sufficient level of care is used in a rule and infrastructure system that accounts for the basic reality of...
... I as a cyclist don't assume that, nor do other cyclists knowledgable of the effects on motorists of assertive lateral positioning. So my positioning forces...
I'm a fan of "educate, not legislate" and it's encouraging to see that some things work in that vein. I took the MSF course a long time ago, after buying a...
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