tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920445775757996516.post8900201145352433807..comments2024-03-23T09:00:33.784-05:00Comments on Holy Mountain: A Blog about Our Common Life: Cedar Rapids' protected bike lanes experimentBruce Nesmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10484290040791147593noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920445775757996516.post-63914115042273250932015-08-17T16:18:51.631-05:002015-08-17T16:18:51.631-05:00https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/
http://www.avi...https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/<br />http://www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com/<br /><br />"A key feature is the left turn box at the end of the block"<br /><br />This is generally referred to as a "Copenhagen Left." Also shown in the "bike lanes and turns" photo is something referred to as a "mixing zone" - when you "mix" cyclists and automobiles you get dead people who used to cycle.<br /><br />Right on Red should be restricted in most city intersections anyway, but if the junction is designed correctly it can be kept. https://youtu.be/FlApbxLz6pA<br /><br />"..not to mention a critical presence of cyclists that will in itself make cycling safer..."<br />People always have this concept backward - it is correctly stated as: "There are numbers in safety" - give people a safe place to cycle and they will show up, but the network has to be comprehensive, and it has to go to the places that people want to go.<br /><br />The woman's complaints/concerns:<br />1. Will these wonderful new bike lanes keep people from riding on the sidewalks? <br />- If designed correctly, yes - this includes the intersections.<br />2. Going the wrong way on one-way streets? <br /> - In the Netherlands it's common to see streets with one-way traffic for cars and two-way traffic for bicycles - so this is something that can be designed in correctly and safely.<br />3. Riding through stop signs and stop lights? <br /> - Probably not, though this can be designed so that it's more predictable, or if done well so that it's rare that cyclists feel the need to. There are actually states which allow the cyclists to treat stop lights as stop signs.<br />4. Weaving in and out of traffic?<br />- If designed correctly, yes - there will be no need to interact with traffic. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com