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Chicago Cycling Update
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Hey let's paint some stripes and call it infrastructure! -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 1:09:16 PM UTC-4, AMuzi wrote:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/c...426-story.html Hey let's paint some stripes and call it infrastructure! -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 Don't ride in the door zone and the chances of getting doored are much less.. If a law says you have to ride in the bike lane but that bike lane is in the door zone (as many here are) the ride in the traffic lane and tell the city planners thatthose bike lanes in the dooor zone are a hazard to bicyclists. Cheers |
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On 4/27/2017 1:09 PM, AMuzi wrote:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/c...426-story.html Hey let's paint some stripes and call it infrastructure! Chicago is a bit infamous in certain circles for its bike lane design guide's magic. It showed how to fit two motor vehicle lanes, two parked car lanes and two five-foot bike lanes into a 44' wide street, with plenty of room for all! Just see the illustration on page 9 of http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us.../bike_lane.pdf The magic? All the designer has to do is reduce the scale of the cars so they're about five feet wide. Presto! Lots of room! For the record, a door of a parked vehicle can extend as much as ten feet from the curb. See http://www.bikexprt.com/bikepol/faci.../doorwidth.htm (BTW, I don't know why the first URL says "cleveland" instead of "chicago.") -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 4:53:51 PM UTC-4, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 4/27/2017 1:09 PM, AMuzi wrote: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/c...426-story.html Hey let's paint some stripes and call it infrastructure! Chicago is a bit infamous in certain circles for its bike lane design guide's magic. It showed how to fit two motor vehicle lanes, two parked car lanes and two five-foot bike lanes into a 44' wide street, with plenty of room for all! Just see the illustration on page 9 of http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us.../bike_lane.pdf The magic? All the designer has to do is reduce the scale of the cars so they're about five feet wide. Presto! Lots of room! For the record, a door of a parked vehicle can extend as much as ten feet from the curb. See http://www.bikexprt.com/bikepol/faci.../doorwidth.htm (BTW, I don't know why the first URL says "cleveland" instead of "chicago.") -- - Frank Krygowski https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPA-ZcYGT94 "Door Zone Avoidance" "Published on May 31, 2012 Parking lot demonstration of why we avoid the door zone on a bicycle" Cheers |
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On Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 5:12:24 PM UTC-7, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 4:53:51 PM UTC-4, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 4/27/2017 1:09 PM, AMuzi wrote: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/c...426-story.html Hey let's paint some stripes and call it infrastructure! Chicago is a bit infamous in certain circles for its bike lane design guide's magic. It showed how to fit two motor vehicle lanes, two parked car lanes and two five-foot bike lanes into a 44' wide street, with plenty of room for all! Just see the illustration on page 9 of http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us.../bike_lane.pdf The magic? All the designer has to do is reduce the scale of the cars so they're about five feet wide. Presto! Lots of room! For the record, a door of a parked vehicle can extend as much as ten feet from the curb. See http://www.bikexprt.com/bikepol/faci.../doorwidth.htm (BTW, I don't know why the first URL says "cleveland" instead of "chicago.") -- - Frank Krygowski https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPA-ZcYGT94 "Door Zone Avoidance" "Published on May 31, 2012 Parking lot demonstration of why we avoid the door zone on a bicycle" Cheers In heavy traffic I use a different strategy. I ride so close to the car that I will just miss the mirror. If some dip**** throws the door open I will nail him as he steps out. It works VERY well after you scare hell out of a few dumbass women. |
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On 4/27/2017 4:53 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 4/27/2017 1:09 PM, AMuzi wrote: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/c...426-story.html Hey let's paint some stripes and call it infrastructure! Chicago is a bit infamous in certain circles for its bike lane design guide's magic. It showed how to fit two motor vehicle lanes, two parked car lanes and two five-foot bike lanes into a 44' wide street, with plenty of room for all! Just see the illustration on page 9 of http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us.../bike_lane.pdf The magic? All the designer has to do is reduce the scale of the cars so they're about five feet wide. Presto! Lots of room! For the record, a door of a parked vehicle can extend as much as ten feet from the curb. See http://www.bikexprt.com/bikepol/faci.../doorwidth.htm (BTW, I don't know why the first URL says "cleveland" instead of "chicago.") BTW, here's John Allen's analysis of the dishonest design manual drawing. Note that you can click to see the plan redrawn with cars accurately scaled. http://truewheelers.org/comments/laneguide/ -- - Frank Krygowski |
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