C y c l e * D a l l a s: November 2005

20 feet wide: inside lanes for bikes and skates, outside lanes for peds and children. It used to be a road.

Mission statements

Every person riding a bicycle shall be granted all rights and be subject to all duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle.

-- §551-101 Texas Transportation Code

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Cyclists fare best when they act, and are treated, as the drivers of other vehicles.

-- John Forester, P.E.

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Vehicular cycling techniques have not been tried and found difficult. They have been presumed difficult and not tried.

-- P.M. Summer...
...paraphrasing G.K. Chesterton

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Cycle*Dallas...

...is a personal, and thoroughly unofficial, running commentary on general utilitarian, vehicular, commuting, and sometimes recreational cycling in the City of Dallas, the DFW metroplex, and Greater Texas.

Utilizing irony and humor whenever possible, Cycle*Dallas is 100% reality-based, rejecting mythology (no matter how popular). It is safe to assume that the views expressed herein may not reflect the views of any public or private agency or institution, and may at times be contradictory to said institutions' policies.

Ride safe, ride often, and control your lane!

Wednesday, November 30, 2005

(No) Bike-Parking on DART Transit Mall.

How not to design a bike/ped path.

An urban bike plan.

The ideal high-volume bike/ped path.

This is the goal of this blog.

How many things wrong can you identify?

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