Protected Bike Lanes 7 Times More Effective Than Painted Ones, Survey Says | Streetsblog USA

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Aome of the clearest, simplest evidence yet that for people of every demographic, a door-zone painted bike lane on a busy street makes far less difference to people’s biking comfort than one with a physical barrier between bike and car traffic.

In fact, the experience of riding in a protected bike lane beats riding in a painted door-zone one by about as much as riding on an off-street path beats riding on a city street at all. That’s true across the board: women and men, every generation, every income, every education level.

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Protected Bike Lanes 7 Times More Effective Than Painted Ones, Survey Says | Streetsblog USA

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