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Posted on December 2, 2018December 1, 2018 by APCSC

Save Lives Not Parking

When I read this story I pictured myself, or anyone riding a bike on what may be unprotected bike lanes on the newly reconfigured  Main Street, Asbury Park.  

“Save lives not parking” …there “is no excuse to maintain the status quo or adopt incremental change.”

Opinion

The day I was assaulted on my bike

By Colin Durrant   JULY 12, 2016

When Boston proposes protected lanes on only a small segment of Massachusetts Avenue, despite it being one of the most dangerous roads in the city, it is implicitly accepting more injuries and deaths.

Protected bike lanes are one of the easiest steps state & local transportation agencies can take to dramatically improve safety. They are also one of the most cost-effective infrastructure investments, delivering an immediate payback. When Calgary installed cycle tracks in its city center, it saw a 95 percent average increase in weekday bike trips in three months and a 7 percent increase in women riders. When Salt Lake City replaced parking with protected bike lanes, it saw an increase in retail sales. After the construction of a protected lane on Ninth Avenue in New York City, local businesses saw a 49 percent increase in retail sales.

Every foot of roadway where cycling takes place and remains unprotected is an added foot of danger and uncertainty. Every foot of roadway where meaningful cycling protection is added is a foot of roadway that unlocks opportunities for people of all ages to ride for fun, exercise, to get to work, go to a friend’s house, or run an errand.

The essential truth that my experience reveals, and that we far too often overlook amid calls for road users to “just get along” is this: The most significant impacts on the safety and lives of vulnerable road users are made by how we design our roads and how we drive our cars.

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https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/07/11/the-day-was-assaulted-bike/QZ6osYp7zFd8MqAGetcmLI/story.html

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  1. Kathleen Mumma says:
    December 2, 2018 at 11:29 am

    Thanks for sharing. I have ridden bikes extensively around Barcelona, Spain. I believe there are ~180km of bike lanes, the majority are protected – often in the protected medians instead of the sides. Biking there is easy, organized and safe. You can get from one area of town to another without putting your life in danger. Barcelona also has a system of bicis, free bikes parked at stations all over the city that Barcelona residents are allowed to use. I would love to see some of BCN’s safety and ease features in AP!

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    1. APCSC says:
      December 9, 2018 at 11:45 am

      Barcelona is a favorite example of how this can be done! Asbury Park Complete Streets Colalition is always researching and learning what other cities have done successfully.

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Downtowns are powered by people and businesses, by community. Not cars. Let’s make @maplewoodvillagenj car free. Remove through car traffic, remove the only ~10 parking, and put loading zones at each end. There’s already several outdoor dining sheds here, let’s complete the outdoor community space vision. This would be good for community building and, as recent research shows, good for business. Green: easy phase 1 implementation. Blue: loading zones for commercial deliveries Yellow: both are straightforward, but this could also be a great follow up/phase 2. creates two dead ends for more loading zones! We close this all the time for events anyway. Through traffic here is inefficient and minimal. Let’s turn this space over to people. #peoplefirst #placemaking #townsquare #maplewoodnj #maplewoodvillagenj #communityfirst #safestreets #slowstreets #nocarsallowed

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Survey: Do you walk? Do you roll?How are you getting around in Asbury Park, and in Monmouth County?Go to 🔗 ☝🏻the website apcompletestreets.org to take the survey. Example:If you drive around the Asbury/Neptune circle heading north and west, you might never notice this overgrown sidewalk. If you have to walk along that sidewalk, it’s dangerous, disappearing under encroaching weeds, and unlit, dangerous at night.Check out these and other photos, and in the article on the website to see other examples of obstacles to access in our city. #asburyparkcompletestreetscoalition #equitableaccess #equitablemobility #monmouthcounty Westside Citizens United Nina Marie Ida Summerlin Interfaith Neighbors, Inc. Asbury Park Schools City of Asbury Park Monmouth County Offices & Institutions Planning Board North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) NJ Bike & Walk Coalition Second Life Bikes Asbury Park Cyclery New Jersey Bicycle and Pedestrian Resource Center NJTOD.org ... See MoreSee Less

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