https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/01/02/hell-on-two-wheels-until-the-e-bikes-battery-runs-out
Posts Tagged ‘bikesafe0mg’
Characteristics of Electric Scooter and Bicycle Injuries After Introduction of Electric Scooter Rentals in Oslo, Norway | Public Health | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network
September 30, 2022Emphasizes the dangers of unrestricted scooter use for pedestrians & the value of speed limits….
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2795144
In Northern Vermont, Trying to Smooth the Ride for Mountain Biking – The New York Times
June 4, 2022https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/23/travel/vermont-mountain-biking.html
series also has DC, NY
As E-Scooter and E-Bike Use Grows, So Do Safety Challenges – The New York Times
October 16, 2021Walkers are major losers as well….
Difficult not to feel bicyclists have lost badly, as glorified motorcycles and souped up e-scooters intrude into Parks and colonize bike lanes. And no enforcement. – The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/11/nyregion/electric-scooters-bikes-new-york.html
The E-Scooters Loved by Silicon Valley Roll Into New York | The New Yorker
July 1, 2021Wish there was some way of achieving safety with these new scooters.
Thanks for your discussion on this. I don’t understand why, despite all the high-tech mobility we have (e.g. self-driving cars, airbags, drones, &c), that we can’t engineer bikes & scooters to be as safe as cars.
Making walking and cycling safer: lessons from Europe
October 18, 2020This is has nice summaries of the pedestrian and cycling education in (northern) Europe
Slow cycling Numbers Don’t Lie – IEEE Journals & Magazine
September 14, 2020https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7934224
Vaclav Smil
Abstract:
Some technical advances are delayed by either a failure of imagination or a concatenation of obstructive circumstances. I can think of no better example of both of these than the bicycle. . Two centuries ago, on 12 June 1817 in Mannheim, Karl Drais, a forester in Germany’s grand duchy of Baden, demonstrated for the first time his Laufmaschine (“running machine”), later also known as a draisine or hobby-horse. ….
Revel’s mopeds find a role during pandemic, but safety issues emerge – CNN
August 23, 2020Revel’s mopeds find a role during pandemic, but safety issues emerge – CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/22/tech/revel-moped-safety/index.html
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