http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2011/07/10/laurier-bike-lane-opens.html
Notice in the pic that the driver cannot use the bike lane to park in.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
U BC makes a bikability index
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bike-friendliness-of-vancouver-neighbourhoods-mapped-by-ubc/article2077929/
-surveyed 2,100 people about factors that influence their cycling behaviour, Ms. Winters said. Most answered they are concerned about biking next to cars, biking up and down hills, the availability of racks to lock up their bikes, and the connectivity of bike-friendly streets.
The maps can be viewed at www.cher.ubc/ca/cyclingincities/tools.html. Cyclists can also search for routes based on preferred distances, air pollution levels and elevation gain. Future renderings will also allow users to click and zoom on the maps.
D: I don't consider cycling very practical without a good infrastructure.
Given the potential of bike tourism, you'd think city halls would recognize the opportunity it presents.
Friday, June 24, 2011
bikes to solve gridlock
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/car-life/road-sage/motorcycles-the-cure-for-bad-driving-and-grid-lock/article2072993/
“When was the last time you saw a guy speed by you on a Harley texting?” Motorcyclists are careful drivers because they have to be.
from Clark’s autobiography, You’re Welcome: “I watched that biker snake through the gridlock and the solution appeared in a flash. As a columnist, the bulk of my time was spent looking for bad driving; looking for stupidity and laziness. It was never hard to find. There was only one group that seemed to be above the usual flaws – motorcyclists. They often seemed to obey the law. They did shoulder checks. They signalled. When it came to accelerating, braking, and cornering, motorcyclists were solid. Once in a while, you’d see some yahoo speeding through highway traffic pretending he was Miguel Duhamel, but that was it.”
“When was the last time you saw a guy speed by you on a Harley texting?” Motorcyclists are careful drivers because they have to be.
from Clark’s autobiography, You’re Welcome: “I watched that biker snake through the gridlock and the solution appeared in a flash. As a columnist, the bulk of my time was spent looking for bad driving; looking for stupidity and laziness. It was never hard to find. There was only one group that seemed to be above the usual flaws – motorcyclists. They often seemed to obey the law. They did shoulder checks. They signalled. When it came to accelerating, braking, and cornering, motorcyclists were solid. Once in a while, you’d see some yahoo speeding through highway traffic pretending he was Miguel Duhamel, but that was it.”
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Thursday, November 11, 2010
told you so. bad design, private onramp to road
D: there is the liquor store mall at the corner of Northfield 'n King in Waterloo.
I arned about the onramp onto Northfield towards King.
I saw 2 cyclists get mashed by a car there in recent months.
The cars treat it like a highway on ramp.
The ogive encourages this.
The other side of the road lacks a sidewalk and is useless farther down, where there are turnoffs to a highway feed.
Cars don't look either way.
The onramp from the mall if both too wide, and with too generous an ogive.
It encourages pre-acceleration.
On a related note, there are any number of turns where the visual barriers, typically foliae, block useful line of site on both cars and pedestrian walks.
I'm just saying that non-public road design features require regulation too for safe public road use.
D>
I arned about the onramp onto Northfield towards King.
I saw 2 cyclists get mashed by a car there in recent months.
The cars treat it like a highway on ramp.
The ogive encourages this.
The other side of the road lacks a sidewalk and is useless farther down, where there are turnoffs to a highway feed.
Cars don't look either way.
The onramp from the mall if both too wide, and with too generous an ogive.
It encourages pre-acceleration.
On a related note, there are any number of turns where the visual barriers, typically foliae, block useful line of site on both cars and pedestrian walks.
I'm just saying that non-public road design features require regulation too for safe public road use.
D>
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