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Stress Analysis in the Design of Bicycle Infrastructure
https://bikesiliconvalley.org/wp-content/uploads/170808-5B-Alta-Level-of-Traffic-Stress-Knowles.pdf
This was one of the presentations at the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition Bike Summit. Slide 6 is especially telling. No surprise that the U.S. has the lowest number of bicycle travel in terms of distance, and the highest death rate. |
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Stress Analysis in the Design of Bicycle Infrastructure
On 2017-08-11 15:05, sms wrote:
https://bikesiliconvalley.org/wp-content/uploads/170808-5B-Alta-Level-of-Traffic-Stress-Knowles.pdf This was one of the presentations at the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition Bike Summit. Slide 6 is especially telling. No surprise that the U.S. has the lowest number of bicycle travel in terms of distance, and the highest death rate. No surprise to me whatsoever. I lived in three of those countries, Germany, Netherlands and US and can see why the numbers on slide 6 are what they are. When I had to ride from where I lived in the Netherlands (Vaals) to Maastricht I could pretty much set my 12-speed bike on the bike path, put it in 12th gear and hammer those 20 miles. I did the same distance here (Cameron Park to Folsom) yesterday for an errand. Aside from mixing in with fast traffic at times which some potentially interested cyclists don't like I also had to hack it across a dirt field for half a mile, including crossing a muddy creek and lifting the bike over some low fences. Hardly anyone would be willing to do the latter. On the way back it was mostly along a county road with 55mph traffic, ok but not exactly fun. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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Stress Analysis in the Design of Bicycle Infrastructure
On Friday, August 11, 2017 at 6:54:57 PM UTC-4, Joerg wrote:
Snipped When I had to ride from where I lived in the Netherlands (Vaals) to Maastricht I could pretty much set my 12-speed bike on the bike path, put it in 12th gear and hammer those 20 miles. I did the same distance here (Cameron Park to Folsom) yesterday for an errand. Aside from mixing in with fast traffic at times which some potentially interested cyclists don't like I also had to hack it across a dirt field for half a mile, including crossing a muddy creek and lifting the bike over some low fences. Hardly anyone would be willing to do the latter. On the way back it was mostly along a county road with 55mph traffic, ok but not exactly fun. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ Lifting a bike over low fences? Sounds a lot like trespassing onto private land. What is it with you that you have such difficulty riding where so mqany others ride without fear? Oh I know, a fw others share your fears and thus bicycvling is extremely dangerous. But then again, thousands of others across the U.S.A. and Canada ride on rodes with 55 mph sopeed limits and they do it without fear or problems. Cheers Cheers |
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Stress Analysis in the Design of Bicycle Infrastructure
On 8/11/2017 4:37 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Friday, August 11, 2017 at 6:54:57 PM UTC-4, Joerg wrote: Snipped When I had to ride from where I lived in the Netherlands (Vaals) to Maastricht I could pretty much set my 12-speed bike on the bike path, put it in 12th gear and hammer those 20 miles. I did the same distance here (Cameron Park to Folsom) yesterday for an errand. Aside from mixing in with fast traffic at times which some potentially interested cyclists don't like I also had to hack it across a dirt field for half a mile, including crossing a muddy creek and lifting the bike over some low fences. Hardly anyone would be willing to do the latter. On the way back it was mostly along a county road with 55mph traffic, ok but not exactly fun. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ Lifting a bike over low fences? Sounds a lot like trespassing onto private land. What is it with you that you have such difficulty riding where so mqany others ride without fear? Oh I know, a fw others share your fears and thus bicycvling is extremely dangerous. In the area Joerg is referring to, the issue is that not many others ride, because of fear of riding on US50, a legitimate fear. . I would never move to a place like that if I was interested in transportational cycling. |
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Stress Analysis in the Design of Bicycle Infrastructure
On 2017-08-11 16:52, sms wrote:
On 8/11/2017 4:37 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote: On Friday, August 11, 2017 at 6:54:57 PM UTC-4, Joerg wrote: Snipped When I had to ride from where I lived in the Netherlands (Vaals) to Maastricht I could pretty much set my 12-speed bike on the bike path, put it in 12th gear and hammer those 20 miles. I did the same distance here (Cameron Park to Folsom) yesterday for an errand. Aside from mixing in with fast traffic at times which some potentially interested cyclists don't like I also had to hack it across a dirt field for half a mile, including crossing a muddy creek and lifting the bike over some low fences. Hardly anyone would be willing to do the latter. On the way back it was mostly along a county road with 55mph traffic, ok but not exactly fun. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ Lifting a bike over low fences? Sounds a lot like trespassing onto private land. What is it with you that you have such difficulty riding where so mqany others ride without fear? Oh I know, a fw others share your fears and thus bicycvling is extremely dangerous. In the area Joerg is referring to, the issue is that not many others ride, because of fear of riding on US50, a legitimate fear. . Bicycles are not allowed on Hwy 50, that's the key problem. If you want to go to Intel, Kaiser, Costco, Home Depot et cetera the only way is to hack it across a field, he https://goo.gl/maps/RZyYFr7MCTT2 There is now a gate and various habitat fences. I guess they are fixing to put in developments and a road. Meaning the ride will be over soon. The only alternative is White Rock Road which is close to suicidal for a cyclist. Well, then I'll use the car until they are done, after which hopefully that new road with have a bike lane because it's going to be a race track. I would never move to a place like that if I was interested in transportational cycling. Sometimes it's good to move somewhere and then help estabishing a cycling culture, also pushing for an infrastructure. Else it'll never get expanded. For cyclists we already have much better options than we did 5-10 years ago. However, one must be able to handle a mountain bike. http://analogconsultants.com/ng/bike/CoachLane1.JPG We can now ride all the way to Walmart, brewpubs and other places in Placerville on mostly dirt roads and singletrack though some of it isn't for the faint of heart. Works for me. I simply adjusted my spending of money to businesses that can be reached that way. Heck, even one of my clients and a software engineer I network with are located directly on that trail. The downside is that I am going through a lot of rear tires. Oh well. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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On Saturday, August 12, 2017 at 10:45:41 AM UTC-4, Joerg wrote:
Snipped We can now ride all the way to Walmart, brewpubs and other places in Placerville on mostly dirt roads and singletrack though some of it isn't for the faint of heart. Works for me. I simply adjusted my spending of money to businesses that can be reached that way. Heck, even one of my clients and a software engineer I network with are located directly on that trail. The downside is that I am going through a lot of rear tires. Oh well. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ I can ride all the way from London Ontario Canada to Ottawa Ontario Canada and i can do it without going onto dirt roads or bicycle paths/trails if I want to. There are many, many places in Ontario Canada where i can ride a bicycle too without having to use bicycle paths or trails. I find many bicycle lanes, paths and trails to be very hazardous to use due to their extremely poor design (poor sight lines for example; being in the door zone, or being on the right side of a right turning motor vehicle lane) or because they are MUP/MUT. If I were to ride only in designated bicycle lanes or one segregated bicycle paths then I'd be doing very little bicycling because we don not have segregated bicycle paths here and for that I'm very thankful. I can hop on my bicycle and go to where I want to be (even if it''s a hundred plus miles away) by using, GASP!, paved roads shared with motor vehicles. Maybe YOU need segregated bicycling facilities in order to ride your bicycle but thousands of us do not nor do we constantly push for such segregated facilities. Cheers |
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On Saturday, August 12, 2017 at 10:45:41 AM UTC-4, Joerg wrote:
On 2017-08-11 16:52, sms wrote: I would never move to a place like that if I was interested in transportational cycling. Indeed. I chose my residence carefully, so transporational cycling was possible. Joerg should have done the same. Sometimes it's good to move somewhere and then help estabishing a cycling culture, also pushing for an infrastructure. Else it'll never get expanded. So what have you done to establish a cycling culture there? All we've heard about is whining that riding there is dangerous. - Frank Krygowski |
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Stress Analysis in the Design of Bicycle Infrastructure
On Saturday, August 12, 2017 at 7:45:41 AM UTC-7, Joerg wrote:
On 2017-08-11 16:52, sms wrote: On 8/11/2017 4:37 PM, Sir Ridesalot wrote: On Friday, August 11, 2017 at 6:54:57 PM UTC-4, Joerg wrote: Snipped When I had to ride from where I lived in the Netherlands (Vaals) to Maastricht I could pretty much set my 12-speed bike on the bike path, put it in 12th gear and hammer those 20 miles. I did the same distance here (Cameron Park to Folsom) yesterday for an errand. Aside from mixing in with fast traffic at times which some potentially interested cyclists don't like I also had to hack it across a dirt field for half a mile, including crossing a muddy creek and lifting the bike over some low fences. Hardly anyone would be willing to do the latter. On the way back it was mostly along a county road with 55mph traffic, ok but not exactly fun. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ Lifting a bike over low fences? Sounds a lot like trespassing onto private land. What is it with you that you have such difficulty riding where so mqany others ride without fear? Oh I know, a fw others share your fears and thus bicycvling is extremely dangerous. In the area Joerg is referring to, the issue is that not many others ride, because of fear of riding on US50, a legitimate fear. . Bicycles are not allowed on Hwy 50, that's the key problem. If you want to go to Intel, Kaiser, Costco, Home Depot et cetera the only way is to hack it across a field, he https://goo.gl/maps/RZyYFr7MCTT2 There is now a gate and various habitat fences. I guess they are fixing to put in developments and a road. Meaning the ride will be over soon. The only alternative is White Rock Road which is close to suicidal for a cyclist. Well, then I'll use the car until they are done, after which hopefully that new road with have a bike lane because it's going to be a race track. I would never move to a place like that if I was interested in transportational cycling. Sometimes it's good to move somewhere and then help estabishing a cycling culture, also pushing for an infrastructure. Else it'll never get expanded. For cyclists we already have much better options than we did 5-10 years ago. However, one must be able to handle a mountain bike. http://analogconsultants.com/ng/bike/CoachLane1.JPG We can now ride all the way to Walmart, brewpubs and other places in Placerville on mostly dirt roads and singletrack though some of it isn't for the faint of heart. Works for me. I simply adjusted my spending of money to businesses that can be reached that way. Heck, even one of my clients and a software engineer I network with are located directly on that trail. The downside is that I am going through a lot of rear tires. Oh well. Another problem is that when they finish you have to know how to find your way through residential areas to find the bike paths. The north side of Mt. Diablo is that way. Also I went with a group up Twin Peaks in San Francisco and damn if I can find the way again since those are service roads and not public. |
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Stress Analysis in the Design of Bicycle Infrastructure
On 8/11/2017 5:55 PM, Joerg wrote:
On 2017-08-11 15:05, sms wrote: https://bikesiliconvalley.org/wp-content/uploads/170808-5B-Alta-Level-of-Traffic-Stress-Knowles.pdf This was one of the presentations at the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition Bike Summit. Slide 6 is especially telling. No surprise that the U.S. has the lowest number of bicycle travel in terms of distance, and the highest death rate. No surprise to me whatsoever. I lived in three of those countries, Germany, Netherlands and US and can see why the numbers on slide 6 are what they are. When I had to ride from where I lived in the Netherlands (Vaals) to Maastricht I could pretty much set my 12-speed bike on the bike path, put it in 12th gear and hammer those 20 miles. I did the same distance here (Cameron Park to Folsom) yesterday for an errand. Aside from mixing in with fast traffic at times which some potentially interested cyclists don't like I also had to hack it across a dirt field for half a mile, including crossing a muddy creek and lifting the bike over some low fences. Hardly anyone would be willing to do the latter. On the way back it was mostly along a county road with 55mph traffic, ok but not exactly fun. But there's no end to that argument. People who live at a bus stop and work at another think buses are wonderful. But resources are finite and so for some people they are merely inconvenient but for most people buses are not useful in any way. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On 8/11/2017 8:00 PM, AMuzi wrote:
On 8/11/2017 5:55 PM, Joerg wrote: On 2017-08-11 15:05, sms wrote: https://bikesiliconvalley.org/wp-content/uploads/170808-5B-Alta-Level-of-Traffic-Stress-Knowles.pdf This was one of the presentations at the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition Bike Summit. Slide 6 is especially telling. No surprise that the U.S. has the lowest number of bicycle travel in terms of distance, and the highest death rate. No surprise to me whatsoever. I lived in three of those countries, Germany, Netherlands and US and can see why the numbers on slide 6 are what they are. When I had to ride from where I lived in the Netherlands (Vaals) to Maastricht I could pretty much set my 12-speed bike on the bike path, put it in 12th gear and hammer those 20 miles. I did the same distance here (Cameron Park to Folsom) yesterday for an errand. Aside from mixing in with fast traffic at times which some potentially interested cyclists don't like I also had to hack it across a dirt field for half a mile, including crossing a muddy creek and lifting the bike over some low fences. Hardly anyone would be willing to do the latter. On the way back it was mostly along a county road with 55mph traffic, ok but not exactly fun. But there's no end to that argument. People who live at a bus stop and work at another think buses are wonderful. But resources are finite and so for some people they are merely inconvenient but for most people buses are not useful in any way. I have a couple friends who do like buses. I rode yesterday with a guy who likes to use the bus to get out toward a distant bike trail. But when we first moved to town and had just one car, I looked into riding a bus the seven or so miles to work. It would have taken far longer than just biking the whole way. But for most people, I think this Onion article is accurate: http://www.theonion.com/article/repo...ublic-tra-1434 "Take the bus. I'll be glad you did." ;-) -- - Frank Krygowski |
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