tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post3762291670703630792..comments2024-02-24T06:21:30.987+01:00Comments on A view from the cycle path: Eliminating the risk of "Dooring": Good cycle infrastructure design keeps cyclists out of the door zone and saves livesDavid Hembrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-30137445408099038422015-05-01T18:10:03.276+02:002015-05-01T18:10:03.276+02:00Don't we wish Sydney Rd could be this good? On...Don't we wish Sydney Rd could be this good? One thing David doesn't know is that Sydney Rd has trams. I think that means parking has to go altogether. BTW trams are part of the reason Sydney Rd is a popular shopping strip with lots of pedestrians, shops, cafés restaurants etc. Personally I never use the tram as the bike is quicker & more flexible at either end of the journey but theyNIKDOWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02995342882173651211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-81624559719115713572015-03-21T03:53:39.900+01:002015-03-21T03:53:39.900+01:00The annoying thing to this is you can see the remn...The annoying thing to this is you can see the remnants of a bike lane under the parked cars in the CCTV footage. The bike infrastructure is there already, they just need to move the parked cars off of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-90512010264635134362015-03-18T14:07:13.330+01:002015-03-18T14:07:13.330+01:00Thanks again David for illustrating with real exam...Thanks again David for illustrating with real examples how sustainable safety design and infrastructure investment should operate to protect vulnerable road users. Australia's issue is that urban sprawl has made too many voters car-dependent and thus insistent on prioritising motorist commute times and convenience. Tractable pathways at various levels (urban and land use policy, job Adrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06170059833566665574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-5839770815708736452015-03-13T18:05:39.631+01:002015-03-13T18:05:39.631+01:00Getting doored is terrible, and I've had it ha...Getting doored is terrible, and I've had it happen a few times. Fortunately, in those cases, there were no cars coming up from behind (indeed, I have to wonder how often cars get "doored"). One other related danger is cars pulling out of parking spaces without looking, and especially cars making a U-turn straight from the parking lane. Riding on a street with parked cars, you have crzwdjkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394805356595604336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-8333575825686596642015-03-10T23:25:02.716+01:002015-03-10T23:25:02.716+01:00As a regular cyclist and resident of Melbourne, I ...As a regular cyclist and resident of Melbourne, I avoid roads like Sydney Rd because they are too dangerous. The tragedy is that a coronial inquest recommended more separated cycling infrastructure about 3 years ago, but very little has been built. This inquest examined an almost identical death of another young cyclist on a similar road. However, the removal of on-road car parks in this place isAlex Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11704777039799813478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-62911508127327152852015-03-10T22:47:05.361+01:002015-03-10T22:47:05.361+01:00Even though I ride five feet from parked cars to a...Even though I ride five feet from parked cars to avoid the door zone, cyclists riding behind me in a bike lane, will see that empty space I am not riding in, and pass me on my right, beside the parked cars. I am fearful that an opening car door will knock them over or the cyclist will swerve into me knocking me into the path of an oncoming car. <br /><br />I was told that there is no dutch word Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15506879037707296042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-83613087503782307662015-03-10T19:27:06.143+01:002015-03-10T19:27:06.143+01:00Some very good points here. One, that form follows...Some very good points here. One, that form follows philosophy and if one signs on to Vision Zero, one will avoid designs that have high probabilities or high consequences of failure. Two, the author questions the uncritical acceptance of "safety in numbers". That is good because safety doesn't just happen. It reflects a variety of interactions such as better infrastructure, slower Khalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11866897914538110672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-55360863611764487612015-03-10T03:31:34.909+01:002015-03-10T03:31:34.909+01:00Also part of the conversation is traffic volume an...Also part of the conversation is traffic volume and speeds. Most Dutch riders willingly put themselves in the door zone on streets with no infrastructure whatsoever, but those streets are generally not filled with fast-moving traffic, especially with (m)any trucks. While I recognize them as not best practice, I don't mind them per se if the parking turnover is low as are the speed and volume marvenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16353100816207270847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-71357217399915035482015-03-09T21:31:36.140+01:002015-03-09T21:31:36.140+01:00I recently moved to San Francisco that signed up f...I recently moved to San Francisco that signed up for Vision Zero http://www.visionzeroinitiative.com/<br />I think Melbourne should do similar. It changes the whole thought process, accepting that people make mistakes, but that those mistakes shouldn't be fatal.<br /><br />I feel like a push to signing up to such an initiative should make the need for protected bike lanes on roads like SydneyTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371091230221746464noreply@blogger.com