Bring on the havoc. Bring on the wobbly cyclists.
by James D. Schwartz
Published at the Urban Country
It’s no coincidence that drivers are more aware and cautious on streets that have more cyclists as opposed to streets where there are very few cyclists. Furthermore, wobbly cyclists are traveling slow and have more time to react to car doors and other objects they may encounter while riding in the city…
More bicycles = more cautious drivers. Inexperienced cyclists create a calming effect on our drivers. And if that’s what it takes to slow down automobiles in our city, then great – because road engineers aren’t doing much to slow down traffic at the moment.
I say bring on the havoc. Bring on the wobbly cyclists.
Actor Bruce Willis riding a Citi Bike to an appearance on the David Letterman show on Monday.
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2 Responses
This is interesting and it’s well known that the more cyclists, the safer the streets for both cars and cyclists. I also think that bike share programs are great. But it’s important to make sure that the statistics aren’t comparing apples to oranges. Comparing number of trips may not cut it, because the length and location of trips may vary. So let’s say the average length of trip for someone on a personal bike is 5 miles, but the average length of trip is 2 miles for the bike share program. Then if a third of the trips are taken by bike share but a fourth of the crashes involve bike share users, you have more crashes per mile ridden by the bike share users. So then are the wobbly riders safer? And the bike share users may stick to downtown, whereas the folks riding personal bikes may be riding further afield with conditions that are less safe. Even the presence of hills vs. flat can impact the number of crashes. Not saying it ain’t so, but statistics can be interpreted many ways and lead to multiple conclusions.
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