[sustran] Re: Motorcycle-proof design of cycleways?

[Todd Edelman]

Karthik,

So then it is only safer when crowded? Can't we do better?

- T


On 08/01/2012 10:25 PM, Karthik Rao-Cavale wrote:
> We had these barriers in our college, and I used to hate them. Everyone
> preferred to avoid the barriers rather than squeezing through, and I can't
> really say that it kept the motorbikes out. As Rutul Joshi mentioned in
> another thread, what is more effective is when there is a critical mass of
> cyclists and the motorbikes are forced to go slow even if they invade the
> cycle lane.
>
> karthik
>
> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Ian Perry
> <ianenvironmental at googlemail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Karl,
>>
>> Looking at this picture (link below), it would appear that people are
>> choosing to step off the path and onto the grass (the grass has been worn
>> away) rather than negotiate the anti-motorbike barrier - or perhaps they
>> are riding past the barrier?
>>
>> http://www.transportphoto.net/photo.aspx?id=744855970&c=Changzhou
>>
>> Ian
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Karl Fjellstrom <karl at itdp-china.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> some examples here: http://www.transportphoto.net/dt.aspx?l=en&dtid=701
>>>
>>> best, Karl
>>>
>>>
>>> On 31 July 2012 06:02, Roger Gorham <roger.gorham at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> I'm wondering if anyone here has (or knows of any) good experiences of
>>>> cycle way design that easily permit bicycles but discourage use by
>>>> motorized 2-wheelers?  Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> Roger Gorham
>>>>
>>>>
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