John S. Allen comments on bicycling issues
A fundamental principle of traffic engineering is that the road user who is required to yield right of way (in this case the motorist) must be able to see the one to whom yielding, unless a traffic signal establishes who Continue reading
An article contends that Dutch people are competent bicyclists because they can ride while carrying an adult passenger on the rear rack or the handlebar, or holding an umbrella, or walking a dog. The author disparages two authors who teach Continue reading
Cyclist and planner Andrew Besold comments: I must say that I m a cyclist and I was all for the Idaho Stop Law. Then I lived in Sun Valley, Idaho for a year and saw this law so totally abused by Continue reading
Here s a video from BicycleDutch. For the cyclist, this is a variant on the two-stage turn queuing box (2STQB), or what I once called the cross-street bike box but with a couple of significant differences. A 2STQB as in Continue reading
David Hembrow, of the BicycleDutch blog, criticizes the two-stage turn queing box and champions separating bicycle and motor traffic temporally using traffic signals. https://www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com/2010/07/not-really-so-great-cycle-path-design.html
This article refers to a 2007 Copenhagen study. E-mail from author Søren Underlien Jensen in response to one from me: Much of the information Dan Gutierrez gives on facebook seems to be correctly interpreted. He shows correctly that the total Continue reading
In the crude it just sort of happened narrative, the driver bears no responsibility, and in the cosmic New Age narrative, the driver bears no responsibility. Got it.
In a comment on a Facebook post (July 30, 2025 by Richard Freierman sorry, post not individually addressable). Arthur Gaer writes: I am currently in Amsterdam. The cyclists—human and electric powered—are insanely aggressive, blowing through crosswalks against the lights, riding Continue reading
I discovered John Forester s book Effective Cycling in 1978, before there was a League course. I had already cycled as an adult for 14 years, including 7 years in which I rode in Boston-area urban traffic and two years taking Continue reading
Corking (unsanctioned ride marshaling, blocking intersections) is common practice on many urban rides that do not make arrangements with authorities. Corking is an element of what I d call vernacular cycling. It is illegal, but police come to look the other Continue reading