> > If they aren't required to use the bike lanes in New York, they should > be. The traffic, especially in Manhattan, is buy and hazardous, and > the conflict between bikes, pedestrians, cars, taxis, buses and trucks > can be severe. > > Dan
Compulsory cycle lanes make cycling less safe for cyclists, pedestrians and motor traffic, particularly at junctions. Cycling is a very safe activity, and the more cyclists mix with the other traffic, the safer all the traffic becomes. This may seem counter-intuitive but the evidence from London over recent years clearly supports it, as does my own experience. <http://www.cyclecraft.co.uk/digest/facilitated.pdf> <http://www.ctc.org.uk/desktopdefault.aspx?tabid=5225> The best way to reduce the number and severity of accidents is to improve the training of all road users, and to design roads giving equal consideration to all, instead of designing in favour of one section of the road-using population. B > > Great video here about a guy's response to being ticketed for not > cycling in > > the bike lane: > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzE-IMaegzQ> > > > > Ironically he shouldn't have been ticketed, because it's not a legal > > requirement to use them. > > > > B > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > > > > > > -- > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
