Bike Facilities

Too Complicated

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January 14, 2012
All Bike Lanes

I think I am on pretty safe ground when I say that eleven pages shouldn’t be necessary to explain a single, tiny aspect of traffic design to drivers. Yet, that is exactly how many pages the City of Minneapolis used when they published “Bike Lane Basics” complete with diagrams just in case the text doesn’t...
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Here is a column I never thought I would read

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5
January 1, 2012

Not in my lifetime, anyway. From the “Road Warrior” column in the The Morning Call (Allentown, PA 12/29/11 by Dan Hartzell I have nothing to add.
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A Great New Connection!

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November 26, 2011
A Great New Connection!

It’s here! The much anticipated (by me, anyway) Cady Way extension connecting Cady Way and Audubon Park to Coytown and Lake Druid Park (mountain bike park and community garden). View larger map Green line is the new connection (there were no roads through here). Yellow line is new, completed sidewalk. Pink line is proposed sidewalk...
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Have You Been in a Bike Lane Crash?

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November 10, 2011

I’m compiling and mapping crashes involving cyclists in bike lanes in Orange, Seminole and Osceola Counties. If you’ve been involved in such a crash I’d like to hear from you. Some key information I’d need: Date and Time: if you don’t have the exact date, just the year will do. Location: what street were...
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Central Park in Fall

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October 18, 2011
Central Park in Fall

Central Park - New York City Business travel offers the opportunity to visit many wonderful cities. Often, however, that simply means flying in, taking a taxi to a hotel, and “touring” the inside of yet again another all too familiar lobby and set of meeting rooms. Then it’s a quick dash back to the airport...
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Bike Corral Ribbon Cutting 9/30

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September 21, 2011
Bike Corral Ribbon Cutting 9/30

Join Mayor Buddy Dyer, Commissioner Robert Stuart and the Ivanhoe Main Street to celebrate the inauguration of our first newly installed bike corral in Ivanhoe Village Friday, September 30 11:00am – 12:00pm You can RSVP on Facebook.    
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The Bike Corral is Installed!

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July 28, 2011
bikecorral

The bike corral has finally been installed outside Ethos. I had a head’s up it was coming soon, but haven’t been over there for a few weeks. Mark Baratelli beat me to it on The Daily City. Photo by Mark Baratelli | Owner, TheDailyCity.com See more photos here. The space has been dedicated for it since the...
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The Bikespace on West Colonial

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July 22, 2011
featured

West Colonial has a bike lane that's offset from the curb. I've driven past it a few times, but I have yet to ride in it because I never have a reason to go that way by bike. Last Friday, John Schubert and I paid a visit to the Catrike Factory (more on that,...
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Being Irrelevant

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June 24, 2011
Being Irrelevant

I experienced a superb example this morning of how bike lanes can make cyclists irrelevant. Rosalind Avenue through downtown Orlando has a designated bike lane.  While it’s next to on-street parking, it is wide enough for a cyclist to stay out of the door zone, and in the morning there are very few cars parked...
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Amplifying Dysfunction

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June 7, 2011
Amplifying Dysfunction

Terrific video by ronconcocacola. Sent by John Ciccarelli. I’ve been following the bike-v-car wars surrounding the rapid implementation of segregated bike lanes (or cycletracks, or whatever they’re calling them) in NYC. I haven’t commented on it much. While I don’t think bicycle rat runs are the solution to the larger traffic culture problems, I find...
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When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race.
~H.G. Wells