The More People Bike, the Safer it Gets
source: http://www.good.is/post/the-more-people-bike-the-safer-it-gets/
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This trend is due in part to New York’s aggressive and smart Bicycle Network Development Program—begun in the mid-1990s—which expanded bike access on greenways and established a number of new on-street biking routes chosen, in part, for their low conflict with “existing modes of transportation.”
What do you think? Safety in numbers?
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theultimateend
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It's much harder to hide an entire throng of bicyclist bodies than it is to hind one.
I assume that's the mindset of most pissy NY drivers ;).
Don't get me wrong, nice city, but when people get in cars there they turn into psychopaths.
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animalia_libero:
I seriously want this logo on a t-shirt or something. Ha!
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animalia_libero:
YES! Thank you!
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RudyRudell
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I hope more cities follow suit! DC is pretty good with it's bike paths but Baltimore sucks!
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RudyRudell
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I hope more cities follow suit! DC is pretty good with it's bike paths but Baltimore sucks!
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superfinet
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Awesome stats... what a Critical Mass
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superfinet
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IllCutYou
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"Safety in numbers" is a perfect way of putting it. More bikes on the road means drivers are more used to seeing them and knowing how to avoid them. In LA, I was often the only biker out there. I've been hit by nine cars. (Interestingly, six were BMWs.) It's because drivers have forgotten that there are still bikes sharing the road with them.
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IllCutYou
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IllCutYou:
dude, i hear you. Most of the drivers here are impatient enough to speed up just to get to a red light.
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lordsbassman
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If ants can form fast lanes and merge we can too!
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twitterbot
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@mkoellner on twitter says "The More People Bike the Safer It Gets: That, at least, appears to be the lesson of this chart, which shows the .."
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chmk
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Defiantly safer with more riders.
I ride to work everyday and my city has little to no bike paths. When I ride with at least one fellow rider, cars never aggressively pass as they tend to do otherwise.
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