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Huron Ave Car-Ped Crash
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Dec 15, 1999 08:14 PST
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Subject: RE: Huron Ave Car-Ped Crash
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 11:01:18 -0500
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The issue I meant to raise is whether striping a second lane on a roadway
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whether a general-purpose lane or a bike lane - makes unsignalized
crosswalks more dangerous. In particular, this case makes me worry that
bike lanes big enough to tempt cars can create hazards unanticipated by
planners only worrying about bike-car interactions when they put in a bike
lane.
(note that the effect of the stripe will be most pronounced when the
roadway
is of the right width to have an ambiguous number of lanes. If it's too
wide, then people will behave as if it's 2 lanes, regardless of paint; if
it's too narrow, they will use only one lane even after you stripe it.)
Also, I'm not trying to say that the blame lies with Cambridge for
striping
the lane, rather than with the driver who broke several laws and (I
believe)
was never cited. I'm merely trying to point out an unintended
consequence.
When I was on the technical subcommittee of the Cambridge Bike Committee,
reviewing lane striping plans, I certainly never thought of this
possibility...
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Peter Desnoyers pj-@infolibria.com
Infolibria, Inc. (781) 392-2216
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From: Paul Schimek [SMTP:schi-@fastdial.net]
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 10:32 AM
To: Desnoyers, Peter
Cc: mass-@cyclery.com
Subject: Huron Ave Car-Ped Crash
Peter,
From your description of the crash, I would say it has to do with
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bike
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However, one disadvantage of bike lanes is it makes the other lanes on
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the
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yourself.
--Paul
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