Some good road design re: cycling

[captain_aj]

A risk that many people on bicycles often overlook is the phenomenon of 'dooring', when somebody exits a parked car, opening a door into the path of a bicycle that was riding too far to the left of their lane. In the following case study, planners have followed the idea that cyclist specific road markings are aimed at the less experienced road user

Comments

[mad_tigger]

It's trumpington street. The road user it was aimed at has 4 feet and likes oats. Apart from that - good work cam council!

[gerald_duck]

How much is that really a problem? I would expect anyone stupid enough to open car doors without looking would be more likely to find a car there than a bike, so I'd expect them to learn fast.

[captain_aj]

Well, there are two reasons why cars are unlikely to be involved in dooring, but bikes are;

1) For reasons too complex to go into here, (too) many riders keep left even when not sensible
2) A casual glance will easily spot a car, but that same glance would miss a much smaller vehicle
3) Cycle lanes often guide riders (especially the inexperienced kind that trust following cycle lanes to be a good idea) straight into dooring zones - which was the focus of this post.

[ext_72852]

dude. all that phd work has messed with your counting skills.

[captain_aj]

Yeah, something went awry there. Intended two reasons, then remembered a third, got too distracted to remember to recount :-)

[anonymous]

Traffic trails! http://www.smugmug.com/popular/today/1/256297218_wYNAp#255591221

[anonymous]

*snuggle*