Reporter Ben Webster feels the squeeze in a cycle lane in Shadwell, East London
--London Times
Nothing new here, just more evidence to be ignored by the segregationists and fear-mongers. The infamous UT/TxDOT study found the same thing, and actually thought it was a good result, as it kept cars moving more freely. And faster, too.
In the photo above, US eyes might think that's a super narrow bike lane, but it's not. The double stripe means no parking. The bike lane is indicated in the picture by the "not so magic" green paint that the bus is sitting on top of.
Bad bus! Bad! Bad! Don't you see the paint?
A cyclist in a bike lane on Blackfriars bridge. Photograph: Antonio Olmos
PS: Here is another article on the same study, but from an environmentalist publication/site.
9 comments:
Is this a coincidence or what? LOL...
We both posted the same stuff!
No biggie, just wanted to let you know!
Peace :)
FYI (For Y'all's Info):
http://greencomotion.blogspot.com/2009/09/cycle-lanes-encourage-motorists-to.html
The best puddles are in the bike lanes and I think that bus just wants to make a bit of a splash!
;-)
PM,
You did not need to post a link to my blog on your site. I consider it very kind of you to do the same! While this was not needed, I thank you for your kindness :)
BTW,
Can someone explain to me where is the bike lane in that picture? The bus is so close to the cyclist :(
Peace :)
Chandra,
After you made your first comment, I went back and added this to my post, realizing that the picture was unclear to US eyes.
"In the photo above, US eyes might think that's a super narrow bike lane, but it's not. The double stripe means no parking. The bike lane is indicated in the picture by the "not so magic" green paint that the bus is sitting on top of."
To UK eyes, they see a cyclist simply riding "as far to the right as possible", just like a US "gutter-bunny", as a bus occupies the bike lane (which it must do to load and unload passengers). The story photo really has almost nothing to do with the research that the story is about.
Gee whizz Steve! How old are you anyway? Six?
I don't know what PM is talking about. That rider is riding next to a median!
(Just kidding!)
That is a terrifying photo of the bus practically on top of the cyclist in the bike lane : (
Blogger Filigree said...
"That is a terrifying photo of the bus practically on top of the cyclist in the bike lane : ( "
I think it's a disingenuous photo, and that the bus is perhaps stationary (looking at the motorman inside) and the cyclist has just squeezed through from the side street, and is not really penned-in. In that situation, all the cyclist has to do is move over to his right about 4 feet and that problem is solved (but then, the problem that the article is about comes to the fore).
Mainstay: Parker, Pelikan, or Sheaffer? ;-)
Mighk and I were riding together Friday in one of the more tolerable bike lanes in town when a large utility trailer passed in the general traffic lane. The trailer was probably biased toward the center line, but it was so big that the clearance between Mighk's handlebar and it was barely 2 feet. Most of the BLs in town have less total space than this one. I don't want to imagine how close that would be in a TXDOT-special WCL conversion.
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