BREAKING - Separated bike lanes are safer than traditional bike lanes, and upgrading a traditional bike lane to separated can be expected to cut crash rates in half, based on a new exposure-adjusted safety study from FHWA. https://highways.dot.gov/sites/fhwa.dot.gov/files/FHWA-HRT-23-025.pdf?utm_source=TRB+Weekly&utm_campaign=a153669a44-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_03_27_04_23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c66acb9bce-a153669a44-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D
Full study will be out soon. I’m so glad that this is out. Besides being a BFD, I’ve been trying and occasionally failing not to blurt this finding out for months
@bikepedantic I can understand. My first thought was "I need to get city council to read this immediately!”
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@bikepedantic I can understand. My first thought was "I need to get city council to read this immediately!”