http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2009/sep/11/bike-lanes
=v= This study was conducted with one subject (the researcher
himself), on one road (the A6 north of Preston in Lancashire).
I'd be reluctant to generalize from that.
=v= I found the bike lanes in London to be too narrow overall.
I don't know what the lanes on the A6 are like: the Google
Maps Street View van hasn't gone up there, apparently, and
nobody's uploaded any geotagged photos of the area to flickr,
Panoramio, etc. (The Google Maps satellite view does seem to
show a few stretches of bike lane here and there, but I can't
really tell how continuous or narrow they are.)
| It's an interesting study nonetheless, and one that makes me
| think of a much-reported project from several years ago when
| another university researcher concluded that cars skimmed
| closer to cyclists wearing helmets. If you remember, Dr Ian
| Walker also donned a blonde wig to conclude that cars gave
| even more room to non helmet-wearing female cyclists, or at
| the very least to stubbly men wearing unsuitable blonde
| wigs...
=v= Again, one subject, again, the researcher himself. I'd
really prefer it if these studies used a representative sample
population, instead.
=v= This is the second time I've seen reference to a blonde wig
in the earlier study. The photos I saw of Dr. Walker showed him
in a dark, curly wig, looked nothing at all like a woman, unless
women in that part of the world resemble Otto, the stoner bus
driver on _The_Simpsons_. (Even if he does have a blonde wig
somewhere, his curveless body isn't not going to fool anyone.
As Austin Powers might say, "That's a ma-a-an, baby!")
<_Jym_>
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