Re: [Ebbc-Talk] In Bike-Friendly Copenhagen, Highways For Cyclists

As I said, I don't think they could be built in the US!

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Sent: 02 September 2012 09:36
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Subject: Re: [Ebbc-Talk] In Bike-Friendly Copenhagen, Highways For Cyclists

A superhighway by definition is an uninterrupted flow facility, such as a
freeway or motorway. A conventional city street with traffic signals is an
interrupted flow facility, so calling a bike lane with some priority
features on such a street a "superhighway" is misleading.

Bob Shanteau


On 9/2/2012 8:53 AM, Mike Jones wrote:
> London already has Cycling Super Highways, and I rode one (CS7) this
summer.
> http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/cycling/11901.aspx
>
> Like the ones planned for Copenhagen they follow the main roads for 
> faster and more direct routes (think Collage Ave, not even Telegraph). 
> They couldn't be built here in US they're too much of a compromise! 
> Outside peak hours trucks and other delivery vehicles can be parked in 
> them (limited spots and times), and at all times they are shared with 
> buses. All the same, the one I took largely worked. The blue colored 
> route clearly shows you the way, but you don't have to ride in it; and 
> with a truck parked in it you cannot. Strategic, sections of 
> bike-lanes and bike boxes at signals give bikes an advantage, but 
> sharing is the name of the game. The only place the system really 
> fails is at the large multi-laned roundabouts- this just aren't meant 
> for bikes and critics say the system is making cyclists think
> otherwise- with fatal results.
>
> Mike

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