Critique of An Evaluation of Red Shoulders as a Bicycle and Pedestrian Facility evaluates a report produced by William W. Hunter of the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center for the Florida Department of Transportation.
Numerous flaws, misrepresentations, and misinterpretations result in a research paper that is not credible.
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August 3, 2012 at 9:19 am
[…] Bike lanes encourage motorists to pass without slowing or moving to the left(In studies that have demonstrated this, the fact of closer passing was masked by the authors reframing it as less “encroachment” into the other lane. IOW, they don’t move over! Here are 2 examples: Bicycle Facilities Added and Red Shoulders). […]