Re: Bourke Street Bicycle Road

This isn't a new bike route so there's no reason to think that Bourke
Street car traffic will decrease. I think council are hoping that the
two-way bicycle road will encourage more recreational cycling - it's a
pretty street.

The narrow bit is Restaurant Row. It's often very difficult to park at
the moment, with loads of three-point turns into the cross streets
when drivers spot someone pulling out. Seems unlikely that this stuff
will be reduced when the existing bike lanes and half the parking
spaces are replaced by the bicycle road.

The area I'm describing - we often bike around there - is  on pages 10
and 11 of the detailed plans, by the way. It's in the background of
the pic in the council announcement leaflet.

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On May 12, 6:54=A0pm, Zebee Johnstone <zeb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

<SNIP>

> "The construction of cycle tracks in Copenhagen has resulted in an
> increase in cycle traffic of 18-20% and a decline in car traffic of
> 9-10%. The cycle tracks constructed have resulted in increases in
> accidents and injuries of 9-10% on the reconstructed roads"
>
> Stats aren't my strong point, but doesn't that mean that the injury
> rate is half the expected increase?
>
> Zebee