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by btrettel 8y ago
As I said, I can't recall vehicular cyclists claiming that vehicular cycling will increase the number of cyclists. So don't judge them on that. I think increasing the number of cyclists is important, however. Also, I don't kn
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by btrettel 8y ago
This could be what is needed. Thanks. I didn't see a specific mention of the turning problem, but I guess it's supposed to fix that. But I should note that those cover only a small fraction of the intersections with this problem i
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by btrettel 8y ago
> but in practice their results seem to be awful Do you have evidence for this or is it just an assertion? I don't think there are rigorous scientific studies into vehicular or infrastructural cycling. If the infrastructural approac
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by btrettel 8y ago
I've heard this argument before. It is among the weakest against vehicular cycling in my view. It's a misrepresentation of vehicular cycling, which doesn't require cyclists to keep up with drivers. It also strikes me as an ad
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by btrettel 8y ago
Where specifically? I'm not aware of bike lanes that have a special light for vehicles turning across the bike lane in Austin.
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by btrettel 8y ago
Given my experience in Austin, it's necessary to highlight the difference between a good bike lane and a bad bike lane. Politicians usually don't know the difference. In practice it seems you typically get bad bike lanes. When you
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by btrettel 8y ago
I cycle with a helmet cam, and I typically inform the driver that they are being recorded. While I haven't done a scientific study, I believe this causes some drivers to restrain themselves.
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by btrettel 8y ago
I think this a needed change, but as I've said in the other comments, I am yet to encounter one of those sorts of intersections in the US. Though I have been told today on HN that they do exist in the US.
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by btrettel 8y ago
Sorry, I must have missed that in my haste. Your experience nonetheless differs from mine and from that of most US cyclists, I believe.
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by btrettel 8y ago
> You won't find a cyclist who opposes dedicated, protected lanes that are separate from roads and sidewalks. "Vehicular cyclists" are opposed to bike lanes and are not uncommon. See elsewhere in this thread for discussion
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by btrettel 8y ago
I'm not sure there's much clear data on this. I have plenty of anecdotes from myself and other cyclists, however. Here's what is clear: Many cyclists worry about getting rear-ended, which presumably is a major part of what bi
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by btrettel 8y ago
I don't know if the increase in the number of cyclists outweighs the problems with the intersections. I get the impression from your various comments here that you have never rode a bike in the US, so perhaps our experience differs. On
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by btrettel 8y ago
> If there are problems at intersections, that means that the bike lanes aren't protected enough. Amsterdam for example doesn't have these kinds of issues because their design (and especially light signaling) is better. I agree
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by btrettel 8y ago
I don't disagree with that at all. The problem is that the correct sort of protected bike lanes never seem to appear in the US.
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by btrettel 8y ago
Excellent point, the relative lack of blocking is one thing that makes protected bike lanes better. To be honest, though, I'm not entirely a fan as protected lanes make left turns much more difficult to the point where to make a left t
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by btrettel 8y ago
I've been a transportation cyclist for roughly a decade and I agree with everything he said. Many cyclists do, particularly more experienced ones. Bike lanes can be helpful, but they are not the panacea many people make them out to be.
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by btrettel 8y ago
Examples like this are exactly why bike lanes are not the only change needed to make cycling more accessible. What stops drivers from doing any of these if there were protected bike lanes? Generally "protected" bike lines are not
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by btrettel 8y ago
As a bicyclist, I was surprised by the sheer number of drivers who seem intent on punishing bicyclists, often for actions that are not illegal. So, given this experience I am not surprised to hear the same is true for motorcyclists. I'
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by btrettel 8y ago
When working on my PhD in mechanical engineering, I created fairly large data compilations and I would include some assertions like this. I'd make them assertions because I considered data that had these faults to be not worth adding,
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by btrettel 8y ago
I ride a bicycle with a helmet cam and I don't think the helmet cam has made me ride any less safe. It's quite rare that I'll look somewhere for the specific purpose of recording something. I'd fully recommend it to moto
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by btrettel 8y ago
Thanks, I was hoping someone would have another good object to check. Where my father mentioned this, there weren't any visible power lines as far as I can recall.
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by btrettel 8y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Lehmberg
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by btrettel 8y ago
Sorry to hear about this. I ride a bike with a helmet cam and I started narrating observations unlikely to be caught by camera. I'll often say something like "distracted driver" when a distracted driver is nearby. It's n
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by btrettel 8y ago
It seems to me that many drivers and cyclists have unique strategies that could be useful for self-driving cars. My father has a good one for going around blind corners and going up blind hills at night: Check trees and other objects in the
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by btrettel 8y ago
Glad to hear there's enforcement. I don't go downtown, so I wouldn't really know about that location. I'd prefer if they moved farther north. I've seen a lot of distracted driving on Manor, probably more than anywhe
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by btrettel 8y ago
Interesting. That article is dated after I spoke to the police, so perhaps they've changed their strategy. Though I still have not personally seen any evidence of actual enforcement.
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by btrettel 8y ago
I can recall a girl playing Pokemon Go on a train. The app seemed to detect the motion and asked her if she was driving every 10 minutes or so.
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by btrettel 8y ago
I'm a cyclist. Over the past 5 years or so I've learned to check inside of people's cars to see if they have a phone in their hands. If they do, I try to keep as much distance between myself and them as possible. Until we cha
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by btrettel 8y ago
I can't find it right now, but I recall there was a study that suggested the trends in total collisions followed total miles driven fairly well, and that distracted driving was not needed to explain the recent increase in collisions. (
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by btrettel 8y ago
One time when I was walking on the sidewalk I saw a college age kid texting while driving with his windows open. I yelled something like "EYES ON THE ROAD!!!" He was startled and nearly crashed. Not recommended, but I think he lea

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