Forum: Vehicular Cycling (VC)

Standard definitions commonly accepted in tranportation engineering.

this thread is expressly designed to raise the blood pressure of the die-hard vehicular cyclists. :D http://bikeportland.org/2009/10/30/want-to-be-like-copenhagen-think-about-vacuum-cleaners-and-raging-bulls/ A few choice quotes: "...(to) reach usage levels similar to European cities,...

From the peer-reviewed literature; just published in the Environmental Health Journal by five researchers from the University of British Columbia: Methods We reviewed studies of the impact of transportation infrastructure on bicyclist safety. The results were tabulated within two categories of...

From the comments section of this site: http://www.copenhagenize.com/2009/10/fear-of-cycling-04-new-cycling-spaces.html Could it be? ;)

ChipSeal said: “I am therefore astonished that so many of our “bicycle advocates” reject and dismiss best practices for a facilities based paradigm that exposes cyclists to far greater peril. It makes me wonder if they are really interested in their constituents safety at all.” That’s the...

In the wake of three tragic cyclist deaths this summer, the City of Boise launched a Bicycle Safety Task Force to develop strategies that will improve safety here. I am on the Sounding Board to review their recommendations. In the interest of "striking while the iron is hot", I sent this letter...

Is it vehicular cycling, is it bike lanes outboard of the parked cars, or is it something else? Plenty of choices and I'm not specifically advocating for one over the other...MCA recently toured the new bike facilities in NYC and this is what he has to say about US placement of bike lanes: ...

...and don't you ever wonder why that is? If we want to boost the number of cyclists and make the streets safer for cyclists, we need to forget about the Type A Alpha Male Racer Boys and their 'needs', and focus on what women want. ...

The shared use arrow, or "sharrow," was originally developed to encourage cyclists to ride on roadways outside of door zones and to discourage sidewalk and wrong-way cycling, while at the same time increasing driver awareness of bicyclists' legitimate use of roadway positions that require other...

I can't seem to find this topic explained to my satisfaction in previous threads. If it's been beaten to death, or is so painfully obvious, forgive me. So, let's say I'm riding along and I want to make a left turn. And up ahead there's a left hand turn lane. And, in the left turn lane there's a...

On a recent ride, I choose a familiar loop that would dump me onto State Highway 34 for the west-bound leg back into Ennis and a headwind. SH 34 is signed 55 MPH with a single 12 foot lane each direction, with occasional improved shoulder. The traffic was moderate, and I was overtaken by four...