– Bike News and Views –
The Keys to Designing Cities With Fewer Traffic Fatalities: Reduce urban sprawl, for one thing. By Sarah Goodyear on the CityLab website. (July 27, 2015) After looking at several major cities the world over, the author concludes that the more compact a city, the safer it is to bicycle in.
Fort Collins police take education over 3-feet bike device, by Katie de la Rosa, of the Coloradoan. (July 27, 2015) Police won’t actually use the device shown in the photo, and they don’t plan to enforce the rule. They’re just going to educate motorists about giving 3 feet of cushion space.
10-Foot Traffic Lanes Are Safer—and Still Move Plenty of Cars: The case against 12-foot lanes in cities, in 3 charts. By Eric Jaffe on the CityLab website. (July 28, 2015) Shrinking lanes causes motorists to drive more slowly, significantly reducing the number of accidents on the street.
End of the car age: how cities are outgrowing the automobile, by Stephen Moss of the Guardian. (August 28, 2015) “Cities around the world are coming to the same conclusion: they’d be better off with far fewer cars. So what’s behind this seismic shift in our urban lifestyles? Stephen Moss goes on an epic (car-free) journey to find out, Have we really reached ‘peak car’?”