Just following up on yesterday’s “paint and pray” post about ignorant, unsafe street designs killing people in New York City and Philadelphia. There is a Twitter hashtag called #unblockbikelanes. Maybe the Philadelphia Police and Philadelphia Parking Authority look at it on occasion. Maybe they don’t. Maybe the engineers at the Philadelphia Streets Department will be inspired to learn about safe street design. Maybe they won’t. Either way, it’s indisputable photographic evidence that may eventually have a variety of uses.
Resources for safe street design:
- Urban Bikeway Design Guide from the National Association of City Transportation Officials – probably the best the United States has to offer (and pretty good)
- Dutch Design Manual for Bicycle Traffic – probably the best the world has to offer