#vehicularcycling — Public Fediverse posts

RE: https://mastodon.social/@TheWarOnCars/117169954437184755

We all know a John Forester. #cycling #vehicularcycling

This is just glorious. It's @notjustbikes utterly, comprehensively destroying John Forrester's arguments for vehicular cycling.

It included reading through Forrester's books, going to the 1970s studies Forrester cited, and finding he fraudulently claimed the studies said the opposite to what they actually did.

(For the unfamiliar, John opposed bike lanes and protected bike infrastructure in the US because he wanted to promote a macho masculine MAMIL cycling culture where cyclists ride like cars in mixed traffic on busy main roads. Then he whined that few people wanted to cycle, and that cycling was a niche activity few people engaged with.)

Apparently Forrester also claimed to be a cycling expert yet never actually visited The Netherlands.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPduRHBhHI

#cycling #Bicycle #bike #Urbanism #vehicularcycling #bicycling #UrbanPlanning

@seabikeblog
while I'm fully on @notjustbikes 's side in the assessment of Forester's books (and other public statements), I think it is important to remember that it is never just the one perpetrator.

Forester would have been a nerd of the fringes of cycling without the support of the rulemakers and carbrains in the administrations of cities and states. Forester gave them, what they needed, as stated shortly in the, um, documentary.

#vehicularcycling

But even this won't help if motorists just ignore red lights at intersections.
3) What we actually need is enforcement of current rules. Illegal parking, speeding, close passes and red light violations. And also stricter regulations for things like vehicle size. Exactly the things one would naturally consider when accepting that sometimes motorists and cyclists have to share some space. #vehicularcycling

Not going to comment on the US-specifics of #vehicularcycling . Though I sometimes also wonder if there's something lost by an overly reductionist view from cycling advocacy on infrastructure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XjKDM6hDJk

I figured out #VehicularCycling! They are people who have never tried to ride on city streets with a child in a trailer, or alongside a kid getting to school, or with a disability or old age. Now it all makes sense.

@isotopp @giggls @ucf @mschfr @ErikML @flexi @unwichtigeallgemeine @maxbob @fedibikes_de

Im Vergleich zu den meisten anderen Ländern in Europa ist Deutschland ja gut aufgestellt und hat(te) sogar einen Vorsprung, auf dem man aufbauen könnte. Aber leider wird abgebaut, Radwege verschwinden, auch weil #VehicularCycling-Autoradler lange Zeit zu stark beachtet wurden und Irrwege in den Planungen eingeschlagen wurden.

Note date change for Smart Cycling class!
REGISTER BY JULY 12TH for July 13 Smart Cycling class in #Monterey Peninsula city of #Marina.
Ages 14-17 welcome, as well as adults.
Excellent instructor: Frank Henderson, a #BikeLeague certified instructor.
Details: https://bikemonterey.org/smart-cycling-class-july-13-in-marina.html

Also scheduled is Aug 2-4 Bike League Cycling Instructor seminar in Salinas, for ages 18+. https://bikemonterey.org/aug-2024-league-cycling-instructor-seminar-in-salinas.html

#BikeTooter
#MontereyCounty #BikeEd #SmartCycling #BikersEducation #BicyclingEducation #BikeCommuter #VehicularCycling #BicycleDriving #BikeSafety #ActiveTransportation #YouthBike #BikeSkills #BikeCommuting #BikeCalifornia #BikeMonterey #MontereyBay

TIL: The #VehicularCycling-Forester John is the son of the #HoratioHornblower-Forester C.S.

@Rad @basedave @mjay @darmstadtfaehrtrad Das Phänomen, sich aus Rücksicht auf den Autoverkehr in einen schmalen Streifen in der Mitte der Autofahrbahn zu zwängen, nennt sich #VehicularCycling.

My first “this is more of a comment than a question” of #TRBAM 🥺

I do wonder in bicycle safety research how cycling behavior differs by age and cycling background. I’m thinking of those #VehicularCycling weirdos vs road racers vs folks just getting around.

This is what #vehicularcycling looks like if you ride a #bicycle in California. https://openstreetcam.org/details/1350569/2708/track-info