tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969791928952941604.post4533807687548555273..comments2023-10-06T14:36:34.579+01:00Comments on The Grumpy Cyclist: CS2 death in BowGrumpyCyclisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02870343841388421714noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969791928952941604.post-47111482347817563732011-11-28T14:49:46.143+00:002011-11-28T14:49:46.143+00:00Every time I see something like this it makes me b...Every time I see something like this it makes me both sad and incredibly angry, because deaths like this are wholly avoidable.<br /><br />When is everyone (including bicycle advocates) going to take a good hard look at the studies that have been done (such as the 1998-99 Aultman-Hall studies in Canada and the 2007-08 Jensen and Agerholm studies in Denmark) and realize what the studies have been saying all along - bicycle paths and bike lanes (including the Superhighway) are INHERENTLY DANGEROUS!<br /><br />An unmarked road is safest to cycle on precisely because it does not insert any complications in the form of markings or coloured stripes. When cyclists behave as any other vehicle, people around them know how to deal with them. Segregation of any kind does not work and it creates an us vs. them mentality. The US found this out during the race riots of the 1960s. It applies equally to transportation.<br /><br />All that's needed for cyclists to be safe on the road is for transportation designers to switch their mentality from segregation to integration and start educating cyclists and drivers to use the road properly and to respect each other as equal users of the road. This worked from the 1890s all the way to the 1960s. As a proponent and practitioner of road cycling, I can assure everyone that there's no reason it can't work today.Ian Brett Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11144195897514392433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969791928952941604.post-54920964277724953942011-11-12T23:50:34.412+00:002011-11-12T23:50:34.412+00:00Brian's wife - Whatever I write will be inadeq...Brian's wife - Whatever I write will be inadequate, but please accept my sincere condolences.<br /><br />I was at the organised ride of dangerous junctions today, I hope we are starting to see a real challenge to the unacceptable compromises that create dangerous junctions such as Bow.<br /><br />My thoughts are with you and your family.GrumpyCyclisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02870343841388421714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969791928952941604.post-41247821933211835402011-11-12T19:05:28.213+00:002011-11-12T19:05:28.213+00:00I am Brian's Wife and I cannot come to terms w...I am Brian's Wife and I cannot come to terms with his needless death on such a negligent road layout. I am even more devastated to learn of the death of a young woman on the same roundabout as Brian less than 3 weeks later. I was at the reconstruction of Brian's collision and while I stood and watched the traffic, in 20 minutes 3 other cyclists were nearly hit. The superhighway encourages cyclists into it and then leads them to a very dangerous place. As said in Alice in Wonderland "drink me", these superhighways are saying "use me", what this one does not say is "deathtrap".Brian's Wifenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969791928952941604.post-52584586353937151462011-10-29T09:31:51.311+01:002011-10-29T09:31:51.311+01:00Great blog. I'll do my best to circulate it. O...Great blog. I'll do my best to circulate it. OliviaIRENAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04406880314296101688noreply@blogger.com