Candidate CLARKE Proposes Bike Commuters Share Toronto’s Reserved Bus Lanes & HOV Corridors

within the city bus lanes and HOV corridors during rush hours should be available and restricted for cyclists, motor assisted bicycles along with scooters and motorcycles as presently exists. Cyclists would have to be licensed as are scooters etc.
May 16, 2010 - PRLog -- As a start within the city core and so called city suburbs reserved bus lanes and HOV corridors during rush hours should be available and restricted for cyclists, motor assisted bicycles along with scooters and motorcycles as presently exists.

The effects of allowing shared bus lanes with cyclists, scooters and motorcycles commissioned by Transport for London (TfL) apparently has been surprised for political reason but was leaked to and published by  telegraph motoring in October.
"The study indicated that on two corridors where bicycles and motorized cycles were allowed in bus lanes, bicyclist crashes were reduced 44%.

Bike-bus lanes have been used in French and German cities. Paris and Bordeaux have shared lane networks of 118 and 40km, respectively. According to the German Cycling Federation [3], the Federal Ministry of Transportation reports bicycles are safer using bus lanes, and bus operations are not negatively affected by this arrangement.

The Ministry states that, where traffic speeds exceed 30 mph, the width of the lane should be at least 4 meters (13 feet) to allow bicyclists to overtake a bus without entering an adjacent lane. Narrower widths, typically 3.0 meters (10.5 - 11.5 feet) are acceptable in lower speed environments (20mph or less). By contrast, the City of Madison, Wisconsin, prefers a width of 16 feet, but may allow widths of 14 feet or even less when necessary. "

CLARKE further believes that any safe sharing of bike-bus lanes during rush hours greatly depends on education of our TTC bus drivers and the fact that cyclists would have to be licensed the same as scooters and motorcycles are to ensure that the rules of the road are fully afforded to them and they also must follow to the letter.

Toronto One City, Your Vote, Our Future Together, for a Better Way Begins on October 25, 2010 with your support throughout the North York Community.

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CLARKE an INDEPENDENT NOT a CAREER Politician or supporter of any political party, special interest group or lobbyists. PETER is your average citizen candidate and answerable only to the people NOT a political party, special interest group or lobbyist
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