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Awesome New Two-Way Bike Lane on Prospect Park (Video)

We Need More Separated Bike Paths The video above shows the transformation of Prospect Park West in Brooklyn. The addition of a two-way separated bike lane has had a calming effect on traffic, making the area safer for pedestrians and cyclists, and the extra-safety of the new bike lane is attracting lots of new cyclists of all skill levels. It clearly shows that “if you build it they will come” when it comes to bike infrastructure. Via Streetfilms . See also:

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Awesome New Two-Way Bike Lane on Prospect Park (Video)

Are Blue Bikelanes Better than Black?

Spacing A recent study in the UK, reported in the Guardian, showed that drivers give less room to cyclists when there is a bike lane than when there isn’t. Graduate student Ciaran Meyers attached a special camera to his bike and found that motorists gave him an extra 18.1 cm (7.12 inches) when there was no marked cycle lane than they did when there was a lane. Transport engineer John Parkin explains w… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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