Questions tagged [bike-lane]
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Walking and running both with the traffic and against it in city designated bike lanes with a solid white line making out the bike lane [closed]
Tucson AZ has a ton of marked out bike lanes on the city roads. I am routinely forced out into the traffic to avoid runners and walking going both directions with the traffic and the against.
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Cycle lanes on the sidewalk
I noticed in some countries in Southern Europe that cities where the roads are old and were not designed for cycling, in the past 20 years, they added a lot of bike lanes just by painting a red strip ...
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Studies comparing motorway vs bike lane costs
I am trying to find a study, which I've read sometime ago, which compared the cost/Km of a motorway vs a cycle lane.
I don't know the exact picture I've seen but I have the idea the study was from ...
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Safety of separated bike lanes in less dense areas
I've read it's safer to ride a bike on the street than the sidewalk. It's been covered on this site: Is it really safer to ride in the road than on the sidewalk? Also, Redit has a good list of ...
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Riding in single line
Is it safest for a group of cyclists to ride in a single line? Is it required for cyclists to ride in a single line in a narrow bike lane, or can they pass on the left in open traffic?
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How to cross major road 3 way intersection
I'm curious about the best way to get across this intersection. I will be traveling north (top of the picture is north), and want to turn left at this light. Path indicated by red arrows. As can be ...
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How to indicate you are going straight?
I live in a country where people drives on the right.
Say I am riding my bike like this:
- main road
vvvv
vvvv - narrow path
vvvv vv
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Am I required as a biker to use the bike lane on the right side of the road?
The following is a google maps image of a busy intersection I need to take during my commute:
Traffic mostly comes from 2 sides: the South and the West. At the time I pass this intersection, there is ...
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Are New York pedestrians allowed to use bike lanes? [duplicate]
In NYC, some street bike lanes (specifically, one on 8th avenue in midtown) are typically full of walking pedestrians.
Is this legal? (e.g. are the pedestrians doing it actually jaywalking or ...
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What natural features and governmental conditions contribute to a bicycle friendly town/city?
I enjoy bicycling the most in cities that provide separate lanes for bicyclists - Portland and Boulder come to mind. In addition to bicycle lanes, what other governmental/civic actions ensure a safe ...
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Can cars legally drive in the bike lane down the street?
Every day on my way to school there is a long street with a bike lane and two car lanes on each side. But when the street is jammed I have cars going really fast behind me and honking because I'm not ...
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Must cyclist yield to car turning right across a bike lane into driveway?
While riding in the bike lane on a four lane street in Northern California, a car passed me on my left, stopped in the right-hand lane twenty to thirty feet ahead of me, and signaled to turn right ...
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What's the safest way to turn left from a right-side bike lane?
(United States road configuration and customs here. Sorry, those of you who drive on the left!)
On my trip home, I use a bike lane near the right side of a very busy one-way arterial street; there is ...
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Is it more dangerous to use a bike lane or to ride in the road proper?
When I ride my bike, depending on which route I take, there are bike lanes and there are not - both routes take the same amount of time/distance, the only difference is the presence (or lack thereof) ...
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What to do if you are about to get doored?
I was talking to a bike messenger the other day, and he said something that surprised me: If you see a car door swing open in front of you and you can't avoid it, pull your hands off the handlebars ...
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How far do I “pull over” in a bike lane?
If I am riding down a marked bike lane on a road which is adjacent to the curb, and I need to stop for a very short time (e.g. to adjust something, turn on lights, or drink some water), how far should ...
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How should I deal with bike messengers + others (salmon) riding the wrong way in a bike lane?
Frustrated cyclist "jegrgic" poses this question at the New York Cycling Club (NYCC) website.
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When I see this, I want to just go over to the person and try to give them some common sense....
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Are runners or pedestrians allowed to use the bike lane?
This morning on my commute I encountered a runner in the bike lane I was riding in. This irked me because:
The bike lane was on a busy street, with three lanes of motor vehicle traffic in each ...
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Using the outer lane of an inner-city one way system - where do I ride?
In my nearest town centre there is a fearsome one-way system with three lanes of traffic. This cuts through the town and is unavoidable - you have to cross it to get anywhere. It is always busy but ...
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