Roads with protected bike lanes make both cycling and driving safer: study

Re:Roads with protected bike lanes make both cycling and dri... by kryogen1c on Monday June 03, 2019 @08:19PM (#20090500)

> I was riding 17 mph in a 15 mph zone

Where in the world is there a 15mph zone where cars can drive 40 that bikes want to go? I cant think of a single 15 mph zone in any of the 6 cities ive lived

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Re:Roads with protected bike lanes make both cycling and dri... by btrettel on Monday June 03, 2019 @08:33PM (#20090592)

San Jacinto Blvd. at the University of Texas at Austin campus. I would intentionally ride there on my commute because the speed limit is so low.

To be fair, few drivers seem to actually go 40 mph, though 25-30 mph seems to be regularly observed, particularly on the downhill road next to it (Deloss Dodds Way). I could easily do 30 mph going downhill there. I think the speed limit is 15 in that entire area due to the heavy pedestrian traffic.

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Re:Roads with protected bike lanes make both cycling and dri... by ummonk on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @12:50AM (#20091988)

Yeah, 40 mph there would be really unusual. Most cars drive at reasonable speeds there. Source: I lived in Creekside dorm.

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