Bicycle Slo(w)

Bicycling around San Luis Obispo (CA) and other news, information and nonsense for self-propelled two-wheelers, from . . . Larry Rutter. For more bicycle news and nonsense, follow on Twitter @rutterslo

Lane-Brained

Too often academic research involves documentation of the obvious.

Such is the case of a study of a study authored by a research associate at the Harvard School of Public Health, appearing in the journal Injury Prevention.  According to a report on the research by Bloomberg/Business Week: “Cyclists using special bike-only tracks that are physically separated from street traffic have fewer accidents compared to bikers pedalling [sic] alongside motor vehicles, a new study finds.”  Dedicated bike trails are safer than biking on shared roads.

No #!%&!

Given the present political climate you just hope some yahoo doesn’t get a hold of this a find it was funded by the government.