Tag: cycle tracks

July 22, 2010

Bike master plan already out-of-date?

Josh Cohen at Publicola took a look at the city’s Bicycle Master Plan and determined it is too vehicularist and is already sounds out-of-date, even though it is only a few years old: This week, an astute PubliCola reader pointed out that language in the city’s Bicycle Master Plan seems to contradict some of the…
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tagged: bike nerd, brown bag, cycle tracks, great city, publicola, vehicular riding
July 21, 2010

Copenhagen Envy

In the bike world, Copenhagen seems like a fantasy. It comes up in so many bike infrastructure conversations. When structuring how bikes will work with the First Hill Streetcar, the word Copenhagen is everywhere from the cycle track to the bike boxes. And if you watch the Streetfilm above, you get an idea why.
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tagged: bike lanes, car free days, copenhagen, cycle tracks, kids, parents, streetfilms, video
July 14, 2010

Why we need to be cautious when installing new trolley tracks

I was poking around on Bike Wise and noticed that the reported crashes seem to line the South Lake Union Streetcar tracks with blue bubbles indicating a “solo” collision. They are mostly people’s wheels getting stuck in the tracks and throwing them.
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tagged: bikewise, broadway, cycle tracks, first hill, jackson, slut, streetcars, westlake
July 10, 2010

First Hill Streetcar plans have some bike lanes on Jackson, lots of sharrows

SDOT held an open house in the International District today to show plans for the Jackson corridor of the First Hill Streetcar. Plans include some sections with bike lanes and lots with sharrows.
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tagged: bike lanes, broadway, cycle tracks, first hill, sdot, sharrows, streetcars
June 24, 2010

How safe will the Dexter cycle track be?

Robbie at Velotopia has concerns about the safety of the new cycle track proposed to Dexter Ave.
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tagged: cycle tracks, dexter, road improvements