lardyninja wrote:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...d-1785239.html

The independent discusses cycle lanes

Comparing two passages in that article:

" Teams at Leeds and Bolton universities, supported by CTC, the national
cyclists' organisation, put a camera on the back of a bike being ridden
along three roads in the north of England. Analysis of the footage revealed
that drivers gave up to 18cm (seven inches) more space to cyclists on
stretches without cycle lanes. The findings question the perceived wisdom
that slapping down strips of green paint and white lines makes riding
safer."

and

" Can lanes be effective?
Only when they're properly built and in the right places. Government
standards require cycle lanes to be two metres wide, with a minimum width of
1.5 metres. But all the lanes used in the latest research fell short - and
CTC believes that the same is true of the "vast majority" of Britain's bike
lanes."

might lead one to conclude that the study does not prove that cycle lanes in
general are dangerous but rather that a poor implementation (ie narrow
lanes) is the problem.

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Geoff