13 Years Later, An Updated Bicycle Facilities Design Guide from AASHTO
After waiting 13 years, it was not unreasonable to think that an updated AASHTO bicycle facilities guide might explicitly include cycle tracks. Nope. But the new guide (officially released in May) represents some modest progress in a couple of places. An excellent video on the subject can be found HERE. RELATED: • How the Dutch Handle…
Read more
Bike Friendly Street: Rehoboth
RELATED: • Rehoboth Beach Bicycle Boulevards Plan: Saturday • Rehoboth on-street bike parking has some merchants crying foul
How Boulder Signs Its (Seamless) Bikeway Network
Boulder, Colorado is one of just three “platinum” bicycle friendly communities in the United States (along with Davis and Portland). And it also has the 2nd or 3rd highest bicycle mode share in the country. How did Boulder do it? In a word, it’s all about the network. Or, as Boulder bicycle coordinator Marni Ratzel…
Read more
Governor Markell Signs SB-120 Into Law
Senate Bill 120 passed the House unanimously on Tuesday, January 17th. Having already passed the Senate on June 30th last year – also unanimous – it was then signed by Governor Markell this week (week of Jan. 30). “This new law clears up any questions people may have had about whether cyclists can ride on…
Read more
Pushing the Envelope on Pavement Markings: Intersection Crossings
Bike Lanes in Intersections Most bicycle crashes happen at intersections. Bicyclists are required by law (and/or common sense) to bicycle at the right side of roads while high speed motorized traffic whizzes by on their left. Irrespective of whether there is a striped bike lane, a shoulder or nothing at all, bicyclists are exposed…
Read more
Shared Right Turn-Only Lanes: Update
Thanks to Mark Luszcz of DelDOT Traffic, the official schematic drawings for the final right turn-only lane (RTOL) treatment designs are complete. Next step is to submit them to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to ensure they are compliant with the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). From there, Mark (lead engineer on the…
Read more
SB 120 passes unanimously in Senate, House awaits
In what may be another “first” for the First State, Senate Bill 120 passed the Senate unanimously on June 30, and now awaits House approval in January 2012. This bill would confirm that bicycles may legally operate when proceeding straight in right-turn-only lanes, as well as when operated upon the paved shoulders of Delaware’s roads…
Read more
All Bicyclists Agree That Bike Salmon Are A Huge Problem
~ Except For The Ones Who Don’t Agree ~ What do cyclists think of bike “salmon”ing (cycling in the opposite direction from motor vehicle traffic)? Let’s listen: ********* “When I see a salmon… coming toward me, either in a bike lane or in the “doorspace” of an unlaned street, I put on my Mean Face…
Read more
Sponsors
