Re: Harvard Study: Bike Lanes Safer Than Cycling in Streets

I don't know about you Jon but
here in Wisconsin we have a network of rail trails to towns & cities.
I like them so I can avoid noisy and speedy traffic on the roadways.
I've been to Madison, WI twice and enjoyed the off street bike lanes.
It was wonderful bicycling at a unhurried pace.  No trucks zipping by.
The same with Eau Claire, WI and there latest off street bike paths.
Its wonderful touring without all the hassle and fuss with motorists.
I'd love to checkout the bike paths in Montreal or western European
towns and cities.  I'm sure they led out to the rural landscapes & towns.
Bike touring isn't just about traveling in the rural towns and countryside
the way I'm seeing it.  I like the parks & paths in the cities too.
Like Minneapolis, MN.

-Mark Hoagy


On 2/11/2011 6:16 AM, Jon Meinecke wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 4:54 AM, MH<hoagy-OlwQ/[email protected]>  wrote:
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>> risk of bicycling on cycle tracks is less than bicycling in streets
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> There's an awful lot of context missing from these study summaries.
> What is a 'cycle track'?  What are the risks which are less?  Trivial
> injury, serious injury, death?
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> Not sure how applicable the actual study is to cycle touring.
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>> “Experienced cyclists like to go fast,” wrote Matt Baume, “and they don't
>> like to swerve around kids and old people and fatties and tourists.”
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> "Old people and fatties and tourists".
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> Well, now there's the touring content, I guess.
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> Just goes to show that drivers are not the only ones with a sense
> of entitlement.
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> Again, it's not clear to me that urban cycling studies have much
> to say about intercity cycle touring.
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> Jon
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