ideath ([info]ideath) wrote,
@ 2008-04-01 13:02:00
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bike boxes, now with more Portland (and Mr. Smooth)
So it turns out Mr. [info]conform thought that the bike boxes video i posted before was lame. I thought it was cute, but - whatever. Tastes differ.

Will he find this one better? It's got tons more SE Madison & Grand in it. And it's slightly less repetitive.

And while i'm on the internet talking about bike infrastructure, perhaps i should mention bike infrastructure being designed on the internet.

It's not a perfect methodology, but it's cool. (And yes, it's somewhat old news; i've had the links stashed in a private post to get up here at some point.)



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[info]keturn
2008-04-02 04:07 am UTC (link)
ooooh the video is inlined
now I understand.

usually it is good that videos and things on my friends list don't automatically launch, but on occasion it is confusing. (I spent a good minute or two looking for the link that wasn't in past tense.)

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[info]cpadian
2008-04-04 09:33 pm UTC (link)
Wow! I'm having a hard time deciding which one was more cheesetastic. I think I'll have to go with Mr. Smooth. They both make me wish I was more in on the whole bike commuting thing though. Oh well...someday :)

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extra cheese makes the roads safer
[info]ideath
2008-04-04 10:36 pm UTC (link)
that's the theory i'm working on. and when the roads are as safe as the sidewalks, maybe i'll be comfortable on 'em!

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[info]boojum
2008-04-05 05:53 pm UTC (link)
A and I saw the bike box on Hawthorne and 7th when we were biking to No-Longer-Long-House from work. I'm kind of dubious about it -- it looks like it would encourage collisions just after the light turns green between cars who had been stopped by the light and bicyclists coming up on their right.

The best solution I've seen for right turning cars around a bike lane is to have a longish right turn lane on the other side of the bike lane, so everyone has plenty of time to sort themselves out. I don't know if the statistics agree with me, though, or if this is just the one I'm most comfortable with.

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