Brent Toderian
Never forget, a 13-year study of a dozen cities found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. As for sharrows, it’s safer to NOT have them. Via #StreetsblogUSA, read their article linked below. #bikelanes #bikes #cities #transportation #mobility #sharrows #infrastructure #urbanism
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/protect-yourself-separated-bike-lanes-means-safer-streets-study-says/
Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says

Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

Streetsblog USA
Dec 5, 2022 at 2:00amWeb
Show threaddynamicDec 5, 2022

@BrentToderian

I love your new stuff but am getting very tired of seeing repeated and self-boosted content.

I'm not sure what the solution is, but I thought it might be useful to let you know that at least one of your readers would prefer less duplication.

Show threadClaude GohierDec 6, 2022

@dynamic @BrentToderian

Maybe try this:

Show threaddynamicDec 7, 2022

@claudegohier @BrentToderian

This particular post isn't a boost. It's a re-post.

Show threadMichaelDec 5, 2022
@BrentToderian Most of the bike lanes on my commute in Melbourne, Australia, are also posted as parking lanes. When you have a bike lane that’s also a parking lane, you don’t have a bike lane, you have a parking lane a planner gets to pat themselves on the back for for including bikes. It’s pretty friggin terrifying sharing the road riding through an industrial district where I don’t even come up to the wheel arch on the vehicles around me.
Show threadMorten Juhl-JohansenDec 6, 2022
@noobixcube @BrentToderian That is an interesting observation - both points for extra parking spaces and bikelanes established. That probably accounts for a lot...
Show threadMichaelDec 6, 2022
@mjjzf @BrentToderian One of the worst offenders is Brunswick Street. There's a tram line, two lanes of traffic, bike lanes, and parking lanes. The trams share the lane with cars, and the bike lanes are parking lanes (actually they alternate from block to block each side, combined parking and separate parking, but never protected bike lanes). The street just isn't wide enough for everything they've put in it.
Show threadSteveDec 5, 2022
@BrentToderian just reminded me of a painted / physically separated bike lane in inner city melbourne that regularly has cars driving down part of it. raised the issue with council and they were like... yeah we have signage and we will check it out... nothing has changed heh
Show threadWesDymDec 5, 2022
@BrentToderian Based on many online threads I've read about cycling on roads, it's apparent to me that many drivers don't know that cyclists have a LEGAL RIGHT to use the roads. They honestly think that cars have a right, but no one else does. That's false. With some exceptions (all clearly marked), roads are for ALL users, who MUST by law share.
Show threadDani 🦄🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸Dec 5, 2022
@BrentToderian also can we talk about how bike paths are not good substitutes for protected bike lanes? They’re great for leisure but everything you need to do is connected to the road network, so bikes should have protected lanes there, too.
Show threadMorten Juhl-JohansenDec 6, 2022
@BrentToderian I feel like that is an initial early-days thing. Here in Denmark, the painted bike lanes are a thing - but people are used to acknowledging bikes.
Show threadTamar YellinDec 6, 2022
@BrentToderian I'm so glad they're keeping this here in Omaha. https://www.wowt.com/2022/09/29/omaha-residents-bike-protest-protected-lane-removal/
Mayor Stothert: Omaha’s protected bike lane to remain thanks to anonymous donor

A group gathered late Thursday afternoon at Dewey Park in Midtown to protest the removal of Omaha’s only protected bike lane.

WOWT
Show threadGrandpa DonDec 6, 2022
@BrentToderian I only rode in Chicago a couple of years with their protected lanes, but WOW what a difference. Leaving a protected lane to use an only painted one was like running a gauntlet until you could get back in and breathe a sigh of relief.
Show threadLe Monolecte 😷🤬🐧 Dec 6, 2022

@BrentToderian

N'oubliez jamais qu'une étude de 13 ans sur une douzaine de villes a révélé que les pistes cyclables protégées entraînaient une baisse drastique du nombre de décès pour TOUS LES USAGERS DE LA ROUTE. Et les pistes cyclables peintes ? Aucune amélioration de la sécurité du tout.

Show threadJaneDec 7, 2022
@BrentToderian Hi there - what is a sharrow? Wonder if we have them in the UK?
Show threadAilbheDec 23, 2022

@JayemJM @BrentToderian

I think they're what you'd call "roads"?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_lane_marking

Shared lane marking - Wikipedia

Show threadSuran 🦊Dec 23, 2022

@BrentToderian
What are "sharrows"?

@woelfisch

Show threado'wolfDec 23, 2022
@Suran @BrentToderian "share [the road] arrows", e.g. https://www.adfc-frankfurt.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Posts_19448_Sharrow_web.jpg
Show threadSuran 🦊Dec 23, 2022

@woelfisch
Die Zeichen kenn ich in Deutschland nur auf Fahrradstraßen mit Zusatzschild "Autos frei".

@BrentToderian

Show threado'wolfDec 23, 2022
@Suran @BrentToderian that's pointless and completely besides the point of "bicycle boulevard". Here's one of many articles how they are used in America, and why it's making things worse: https://macwright.com/2020/12/04/sharrows.html
Sharrows, the bicycle infrastructure that doesn’t work and nobody wants

They seem dangerous and they are

macwright.com