Questions
- What's the most effective solution to encourage more cycling? (bike lanes vs protected cycle tracks)
- What's best practice for protected cycle tracks? (Protected Cycle Tracks, NACTO)
- Cheap way
- Best case (e.g., ideal curb profiles, use of double chevron, priority lanes for roundabouts)
The proportion of people who are ‘confident to ride’ increases from 22% when a standard bike lane is provided (compared with conditions where there are no bike facilities) to as much as 83% if physical separation is installed. (City of Melbourne, 2019)
In the 1980s, when Northern European countries were building protected bike-lane networks, U.S. cyclists were being taught to bicycle in the roadway. And U.S. engineers were adopting the attitude that cyclists didn’t need infrastructure, just proper training. (The Atlantic, 2018)
Better bike lanes have led to far more people biking. Over three-quarters of a million people ride a bike multiple times a month in New York, a 49 percent increase over 2009. (The Atlantic, 2018)