Bicycles USA: Conference Proceedings , May 7-8, 1973 ... Transportation Systems Center, U.S. Department of Transportation, Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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Page 38 - This manual sets forth the basic principles that govern the design and usage of traffic control devices.
Page 101 - SEMITRAILER." Every vehicle with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle. (c). "POLE TRAILER." Every vehicle without motive power designed to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the towing vehicle by means of a reach, or pole, or by being boomed...
Page 101 - Every motor vehicle or combination of vehicles, at all times and under all conditions of loading, shall, upon application of the service (foot) brake, be capable of...
Page 42 - Where bicycling facilities have been introduced, they frequently have been constructed with dramatically varying design standards and with little regard to their integration into a bicycle system. In many cities there appears to be a decided lack of coordination between advocates of bicycle systems and those in charge of providing other related transportation and recreational facilities. To begin planning urban bicycle facilities on a more organized basis, with a minimum of misdirected effort and...
Page 43 - What type of bicycle facilities should be provided? 3 . Where should these bicycle facilities be placed? At this stage of urban bicycle facility planning, these questions are only beginning to be asked and are far from being resolved. Planning and engineering of bicycle facilities is essentially in a "shake-down...
Page 101 - Sec. 14-102-Width of vehicles (a) The total outside width of any vehicle or the load thereon shall not exceed 8 feet, except as otherwise provided in this section.
Page 44 - The probable result of such analysis would be a revelation that expenditures on bicycle facilities are comparatively deficient. As a rough measure of the need for bicycle facilities, the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation in 1970 recommended a minimum standard of 50 miles of cycle paths for every 100,000 city...
Page 42 - Wheelmen took up the cause for better roads with such zeal that after 1900 it changed its name to the American Road Builders Association to assure the best possible combative posture. Joining the League and other bicycle advocates were supporters of the new rich man's toy— the automobile. It is ironic that the successful pioneering efforts of bicyclists to improve road surfaces helped spawn, in no small way, the automobile era.
Page 50 - Bike Route" Signing Should Be Used Primarily as a Route Identification Technique. While solid statistical evidence is not available at this date, there is enough preliminary evidence from operational bike routes to seriously question the degree of safety gained by merely signing. While signing warns the motorist, there is a danger that it may create a false sense of security on the part of the bicyclist. The principal advantage of signing appears to be its usefulness in directing the bicyclist to...
Page 42 - craze" was on — and like today, bicycle advocates were clamoring to improve conditions for bicycling. Albert Pope, a prominent bicycle manufacturer of the time, estimated that it cost an astronomical $1.5 billion to feed the nation's horses and mules.