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I don't have any numbers, but my impression is that it's mostly turns, although there's also a big problem with people getting "doored" (which would easily be s

I don't have any numbers, but my impression is that it's mostly turns, although there's also a big problem with people getting "doored" (which would easily be solved by putting bike lanes between parking lanes and sidewalks, instead of between parking lanes and automobile lanes). I was surprised to learn that left turns account for "more than twice as many serious injuries and fatalities as right turns." https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/leftturnstudy.shtml https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/about/leftturnstudy.shtml

schrodinger 7y ago
> putting bike lanes between parking lanes and sidewalks This is how all of the new NYC bike lanes work!
- rossitter 7y ago
  On major avenues in Manhattan, but not necessarily on side streets[0] or in other boroughs[1]. [0] - https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7740039,-73.9587169,3a,75y,124.31h,82.55t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1shneI-pDZtuS8pCvx0yEiCw!2e0!5s20190501T000000!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7740039,-73.9587169,3a,75y,1... [1] - https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6757116,-73.9532197,3a,75y,20.35h,89.07t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1susJ9ZdFrMnGjZsdcZF4Y8A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6757116,-73.9532197,3a,75y,2...
comicjk 7y ago
I signal turns with my arm when biking, especially left turns. Otherwise I would be slowing and moving unpredictably, which doesn't seem safe. Unfortunately this isn't common behavior in NYC - even cars often fail to signal their turns, let alone cyclists.
rossitter 7y ago
> I was surprised to learn that left turns account for "more than twice as many serious injuries and fatalities as right turns." This may be because bike lanes are placed on the left side of major one-way avenues in Manhattan: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8005797,-73.9618377,3a,75y,149.58h,74.89t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNUyzRhIh6fTKc_7eRxQU9w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8005797,-73.9618377,3a,75y,1...

schrodinger 7y ago

> putting bike lanes between parking lanes and sidewalks This is how all of the new NYC bike lanes work!

rossitter 7y ago
On major avenues in Manhattan, but not necessarily on side streets[0] or in other boroughs[1]. [0] - https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7740039,-73.9587169,3a,75y,124.31h,82.55t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1shneI-pDZtuS8pCvx0yEiCw!2e0!5s20190501T000000!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7740039,-73.9587169,3a,75y,1... [1] - https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6757116,-73.9532197,3a,75y,20.35h,89.07t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1susJ9ZdFrMnGjZsdcZF4Y8A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6757116,-73.9532197,3a,75y,2...

comicjk 7y ago

I signal turns with my arm when biking, especially left turns. Otherwise I would be slowing and moving unpredictably, which doesn't seem safe. Unfortunately this isn't common behavior in NYC - even cars often fail to signal their turns, let alone cyclists.

rossitter 7y ago

> I was surprised to learn that left turns account for "more than twice as many serious injuries and fatalities as right turns." This may be because bike lanes are placed on the left side of major one-way avenues in Manhattan: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8005797,-73.9618377,3a,75y,149.58h,74.89t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNUyzRhIh6fTKc_7eRxQU9w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8005797,-73.9618377,3a,75y,1...