View fullsize “Bicycles May Use Full Lane” is a much clearer message to everyone than “Share the Road.” I've often felt that the "share the road" message has done little to make roads any safer for anyone. So it was heartening to read of a new study from North Carolina State University that looked at whether people actually … Continue reading “Share the Road” is meaningless
View fullsize Ouch! A Hello Kitty band-aid covers a minor injury. I crashed my bike this morning.I was riding down Commercial Street to meet friends for coffee like I do every day, and I noticed a truck ahead of me was slowing down. I applied my rear brake, nothing really happened, so I pulled the … Continue reading Check your brakes!
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Sharrows (also known as "shared lane markings") are on-street pavement markings that are intended to remind people in cars to expect people on bikes on a street. They help to indicate bike routes, and they are useful to help people on bikes position themselves in the road.Commercial Street, the main drag through town, is one-way for … Continue reading Revisiting the two-way sharrows
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