Archive For The “share the road” Category
I’ve recently realized that I was a bad driver. I remember sitting in my car in traffic, judging and hating everyone around me, “You call that a signal, idiot?!” “Get off my ass jerk or I’ll just tap my brakes a little harder and see how you like the taste of my bumper.” Yet, the [...]
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- Comments Off • 2011 • advocacy • bad drivers • behaviour • commuting • elsewhere • every day cycling • infrastructure • share the road • sharrows • toronto
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There’s a great article in the Wall Street Journal about the problems New York City is facing by having tons more cyclists on their streets (thanks to large amounts of new bikelanes and cycling infrastructure on their streets). Essentially, there are a lot more confrontations between cars, bikes and pedestrians… as they all have to [...]
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In the cover of night, workers began installing sharrows along Harbord. A point of contention for years, the disconnected bike lane between Bathurst and Spadina has inspired Urban Repair Squad intervention and left Councilor Adam Vaughan singing the same old tune that the very sparse car parking on this strip is essential to the survival [...]
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- Comments Off • 2010 • activism • advocacy • Annex • bike box • bike lanes • Bikeway Network • commuting • Harbord • infrastructure • photos • safety • share the road • sharrows
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In the cover of night, workers began installing sharrows along Harbord. A point of contention for years, the disconnected bike lane between Bathurst and Spadina has inspired Urban Repair Squad intervention and left Councilor Adam Vaughan singing the same old tune that the very sparse car parking on this strip is essential to the survival [...]
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- Sharrows, Bike Lanes and Shared Space on the Streets of Toronto
- What Happened to the “Bike Lane” on Spadina?
- Bike Route Blues – Crawford Needs Some Help
- Comments Off • 2010 • activism • advocacy • Annex • bike box • bike lanes • Bikeway Network • commuting • Harbord • infrastructure • photos • safety • share the road • sharrows
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11 miles is just shy of 18 kms and a fairly long commute. Yet, because of constant development and political support for cycling infrastructure 90% of this journey includes streets featuring some form of cycling infrastructure. Notice that only a small percentage of the ride is along streets with sharrows and, notice too, that NYC [...]
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- Comments Off • 2010 • bike lanes • city planning • commute • commuting • development • elsewhere • every day cycling • infrastructure • Manhattan • nyc • share the road • sharrows • StreetFilms • video
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Stay alert out there, folks!
via Fengtastic!
- Comments Off • bike art of the day • bikes • cyclists • motorists • safety • share the road • stay alert
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