To the guy in the black Acura MDX - The Chainlink2024-03-29T11:37:19Zhttps://thechainlink.org/forum/topics/to-the-guy-in-black-acura-mdx?commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A1110849&xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=no+99!!!tag:thechainlink.org,2018-12-08:2211490:Comment:11105552018-12-08T07:21:11.229ZMike Schwabhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/MikeSchwab80
<p>+99!!!</p>
<p>+99!!!</p> Not to mention that it's stil…tag:thechainlink.org,2018-12-07:2211490:Comment:11107472018-12-07T19:58:47.074ZArgonne69https://thechainlink.org/profile/Argonne69
<p>Not to mention that it's <strong>still illegal</strong> to stop in a shared bike lane.</p>
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<p>Not to mention that it's <strong>still illegal</strong> to stop in a shared bike lane.</p>
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<p></p> Not sure it's really worth tr…tag:thechainlink.org,2018-12-06:2211490:Comment:11106712018-12-06T21:45:36.371ZDavid P.https://thechainlink.org/profile/DavidAPertuz
<p>Not sure it's really worth trying to have a serious conversation with someone who has one answer to every question. </p>
<p>Not sure it's really worth trying to have a serious conversation with someone who has one answer to every question. </p> At the end of the article:
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<p>At the end of the article:</p>
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<p><em>Ferenchak told Streetsblog sharrows seemed to have a small effect on encouraging people to bike but <strong>provide no additional protection</strong>. This is in line with what Dutch bike planner Dick Van Veen told Streetsblog about sharrows in the Netherlands: <strong>They should be used in tandem with significant traffic-calming measures</strong> — on a street with fast traffic, to put down sharrows alone would be considered…</em></p>
<p>At the end of the article:</p>
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<p><em>Ferenchak told Streetsblog sharrows seemed to have a small effect on encouraging people to bike but <strong>provide no additional protection</strong>. This is in line with what Dutch bike planner Dick Van Veen told Streetsblog about sharrows in the Netherlands: <strong>They should be used in tandem with significant traffic-calming measures</strong> — on a street with fast traffic, to put down sharrows alone would be considered “unethical.”</em></p>
<p><br/><em>“I think our main takeaway is that we need appropriate infrastructure,” Ferenchak said. “Sharrows don’t dedicate any space to bicyclists.”</em></p> The results suggest that bike…tag:thechainlink.org,2018-12-06:2211490:Comment:11108582018-12-06T21:11:54.643ZAnne Althttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Anne91
<p><em>The results suggest that bike lanes encourage more people to bike...</em></p>
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<p>Isn't that what we all want to see?</p>
<p><em>The results suggest that bike lanes encourage more people to bike...</em></p>
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<p>Isn't that what we all want to see?</p> I have no study to present bu…tag:thechainlink.org,2018-12-06:2211490:Comment:11107442018-12-06T21:11:30.142ZTonyPhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/TonyP
<p>I have no study to present but it's my opinion that if sharrows don't work it has more to do with enforcement than anything. If motorists were ticketed for crowding cyclists and cyclists were treated by the police as vehicles entitled to lane usage it would go a long way towards our safety, without the artificial protection of bike lanes.</p>
<p>More cyclists using bike lanes doesn't necessarily mean that they are safer, it could just as easily draw usage from the perception that they are…</p>
<p>I have no study to present but it's my opinion that if sharrows don't work it has more to do with enforcement than anything. If motorists were ticketed for crowding cyclists and cyclists were treated by the police as vehicles entitled to lane usage it would go a long way towards our safety, without the artificial protection of bike lanes.</p>
<p>More cyclists using bike lanes doesn't necessarily mean that they are safer, it could just as easily draw usage from the perception that they are safer. 'Specially if they attract those with no cycling street smarts. </p> https://usa.streetsblog.org/2…tag:thechainlink.org,2018-12-06:2211490:Comment:11108562018-12-06T20:22:42.439ZYasmeenhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/YasmeenSchuller
<p><a href="https://usa.streetsblog.org/2016/01/14/study-sharrows-dont-make-streets-safer-for-cycling/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">https://usa.streetsblog.org/2016/01/14/study-sharrows-dont-make-streets-safer-for-cycling/</a></p>
<p><em>A study by University of Colorado Denver researchers Nick Ferenchak and Wesley Marshall examined safety outcomes for areas in Chicago that received bike lanes, sharrows, and no bicycling street treatments at all. (The study was conducted before Chicago had…</em></p>
<p><a href="https://usa.streetsblog.org/2016/01/14/study-sharrows-dont-make-streets-safer-for-cycling/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://usa.streetsblog.org/2016/01/14/study-sharrows-dont-make-streets-safer-for-cycling/</a></p>
<p><em>A study by University of Colorado Denver researchers Nick Ferenchak and Wesley Marshall examined safety outcomes for areas in Chicago that received bike lanes, sharrows, and no bicycling street treatments at all. (The study was conducted before Chicago had much in the way of protected bike lanes, so it did not distinguish between types of bike lanes.) The results suggest that bike lanes encourage more people to bike and make biking safer, while sharrows don’t do much of either.</em></p>
<p>There are more articles on this topic but this one is a good one.</p>
<p></p> I gotta agree with CLP in tha…tag:thechainlink.org,2018-12-06:2211490:Comment:11105382018-12-06T20:13:21.038ZTonyPhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/TonyP
<p>I gotta agree with CLP in that I'm not a fan of bike lanes. In stead of bike lanes all lanes should be treated as sharrows. Cyclists should be treated as the vehicles that we are and motorists should be ticketed for not giving us our three feet, just as motorists think that we should be ticketed for not stopping for stop signs.</p>
<p>Bike lanes can give a cyclist a false sense of security while also giving the motorists something to scream about, as in "get in your bike lane".</p>
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<p>I gotta agree with CLP in that I'm not a fan of bike lanes. In stead of bike lanes all lanes should be treated as sharrows. Cyclists should be treated as the vehicles that we are and motorists should be ticketed for not giving us our three feet, just as motorists think that we should be ticketed for not stopping for stop signs.</p>
<p>Bike lanes can give a cyclist a false sense of security while also giving the motorists something to scream about, as in "get in your bike lane".</p>
<p>Also bike lanes that don't turn into sharrows at intersections are just right hooks looking to happen.</p> Can I have that framed? My d…tag:thechainlink.org,2018-12-06:2211490:Comment:11106702018-12-06T18:45:42.825ZCarter O'Brienhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/CarterOBrien
<p>Can I have that framed? My daughter has just enough wall space amongst the cat, super hero, and other such posters - and I'm sure she'd appreciate it! : )</p>
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<p>Can I have that framed? My daughter has just enough wall space amongst the cat, super hero, and other such posters - and I'm sure she'd appreciate it! : )</p>
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<p></p> Amen, and those same smokers…tag:thechainlink.org,2018-12-06:2211490:Comment:11107432018-12-06T16:38:14.780ZV Whttps://thechainlink.org/profile/vincentwaller
<p>Amen, and those same smokers often lean on the bike racks and refuse to move when you show up to use the bike rack for its actual purpose.</p>
<p>Amen, and those same smokers often lean on the bike racks and refuse to move when you show up to use the bike rack for its actual purpose.</p>