Comments on: Bike Safety http://www.progressdaily.com/2009/10/02/bike-safety/ Economics - Cognition - Mechanization Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:43:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Paul Rauschelbach http://www.progressdaily.com/2009/10/02/bike-safety/comment-page-1/#comment-115822 Paul Rauschelbach Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:10:45 +0000 http://www.progressdaily.com/?p=957#comment-115822 There is lots of interplay of factors here, but the correlation with increased helmet usage, fewer cars on the city streets, and the increase in the number of bike lanes might have just as much or more to do with decrease collision and injury as the increase in bicycle ridership. Here's a recent article about another consequence of increased ridership: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/as-bike-lanes-proliferate-so-do-disputes/ Fewer cars, more bike lanes, and safer riders will bring out even more riders! There is lots of interplay of factors here, but the correlation with increased helmet usage, fewer cars on the city streets, and the increase in the number of bike lanes might have just as much or more to do with decrease collision and injury as the increase in bicycle ridership.

Here’s a recent article about another consequence of increased ridership:
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/as-bike-lanes-proliferate-so-do-disputes/

Fewer cars, more bike lanes, and safer riders will bring out even more riders!

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