On the roads, yes. In the cities, where the weave in and out of traffic and try to cut off taxis, it is very hazardous to the cyclists and to the pedestrians. I have seen pedestrians in Manhattan forced into a coming taxi to avoid being run over by charging bicycles.
Dan On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 10:45 AM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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. > -- 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.
