Cyclist down Tokai Road 5th Feb

[Icycling]

Found this that will give some insight ...

 

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2016/04/the-netherlands-one-of-safest-eu-countries-to-use-the-roads-bike-deaths-an-issue/

Wow - the % of cycle Deaths in the Netherlands 2014 seems very high - its all about perception I suppose. But then there are far more cyclist on the road in the Netherlands.

 

The Netherlands had 185 cycle death with a population of about 17 million then for a starting point we in RSA should hopefully have no more than 600 ( I think we are less - well hoping, but not sure on the non sport / commuter stats) for a population of 55 million. For other motorist in RSA if were as safe a the Netherlands in a year it would be about 1250 - think that our XMAS death toll not the full year.

 

It may be way safer to ride a bicycle in RSA relative to been in a car compared to the Netherlands stats! I will try and find RSA stats this week.

 

"Of the 570 road traffic deaths recorded in the Netherlands in 2014, 185 involved cyclists and cyclists also accounted for half of those seriously injured. ‘This does illustrate that if we want to reduce the number of road deaths, much more attention needs to be paid to cyclists,’ Van Boggelen told the paper.

 

Read more at DutchNews.nl: The Netherlands one of safest EU countries for road use, bike deaths an issue http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2016/04/the-netherlands-one-of-safest-eu-countries-to-use-the-roads-bike-deaths-an-issue/"

[Bateleur1]

Also found this stat but it is also very interresting just to look at it.

 

I think to do a direct compare between SA and EU countries is going to be very very difficult.  You really are gonna have to have very detailed stats before one can make propper deductions/assumptions from it.

 

Factors that come into play.

• I think number of sport cyclists is much more in Europe than in SA
• The number of commuters is huge compared to SA
• Although the population of Germany is more than SA, yet Germany is smaller than SA, but Germany might have more roads than SA.
• The number of people rather commuting by public transport than by car is far greater than SA.
• Germany being part of the EU has loads of traffic from other EU countries which add to the traffic volumes compared to SA which does not have as much traffic from other countries.
• Then off course there is simply no comparison between the number of cycling paths in Germany compared to SA

[Eddy Gordo]

Just some examples of cycle lanes around the world

Cleveland

 

 

http://www.bikewalkalliance.org/storage/images/Blog_photos/lorain-cycle-track-7ff24149ace3de40.png

 

 

Chicago

http://www.bikewalkalliance.org/storage/images/Blog_photos/bfa_graphic.jpg

 

Atlanta I think

 

Vancouver

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/0-984x500.jpg

 

Amsterdam

 

 

Denmark

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Collage2.jpg

[Eddy Gordo]

Surely this can be done on our boards or even adopt a similar system on sections with heavy bicycle traffic, especially hot spots and weekend favorite routes

[Eddy Gordo]

[Eddy Gordo]

Thailand

http://cdn.bicyclethailand.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/bicycle-lane-two-directions.jpg?x25607

 

 

China

http://www.eco-business.com/media/uploads/ebmedia/fileuploads/cycling_in_asia_china_cyclists_in_bike_lanes.jpg

[Eddy Gordo]

Like I mentioned in a previous post, the best way is to have bolards or kerbs etc. This is my opinion and not shared by alot. However I just decided to have a look at some of the lanes around the world and, all the cyclists are "protected" from traffic in some way.

 

There is even a pic of a cycle car free highway.

 

http://assets.inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2015/12/bicycle-highway.jpg

 

http://www.bicycling.com/rides/travel/10-best-car-free-bike-paths-in-the-usa

 

 

Edit- forgot to mention though that are just as many with out any form of saftey barriers

[Patchelicious]

Surely this can be done on our boards or even adopt a similar system on sections with heavy bicycle traffic, especially hot spots and weekend favorite routes

Absolutely.

 

That pic though.... badly executed good idea.

[Bateleur1]

Like I mentioned in a previous post, the best way is to have bolards or kerbs etc. This is my opinion and not shared by alot. However I just decided to have a look at some of the lanes around the world and, all the cyclists are "protected" from traffic in some way.

 

There is even a pic of a cycle car free highway.

 

http://assets.inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2015/12/bicycle-highway.jpg

 

http://www.bicycling.com/rides/travel/10-best-car-free-bike-paths-in-the-usa

 

 

Edit- forgot to mention though that are just as many with out any form of saftey barriers

 

That pic looks very much like Germany.

 

Germany did open the first Bike highway last year ...

 

http://www.citylab.com/commute/2016/01/germany-launches-its-national-bike-autobahn-cycle-network/422451/

[Bateleur1]

To add some of the cycling paths pics look at my posts here ...

 

https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/160455-my-commute-in-pictures/

 

It is doable in SA but the costs ....

[Eddy Gordo]

Absolutely.

 

That pic though.... badly executed good idea.

Yeha, not very well thought out

[Patchelicious]

Like I mentioned in a previous post, the best way is to have bolards or kerbs etc. This is my opinion and not shared by alot. However I just decided to have a look at some of the lanes around the world and, all the cyclists are "protected" from traffic in some way.

 

There is even a pic of a cycle car free highway.

 

http://assets.inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2015/12/bicycle-highway.jpg

 

http://www.bicycling.com/rides/travel/10-best-car-free-bike-paths-in-the-usa

 

 

Edit- forgot to mention though that are just as many with out any form of saftey barriers

Looks like a perfectly usable taxi lane if you ask me.

 

Cycle lanes will only be effective if we can keep taxis and the entitled law breakers off of them.

 

So with the lanes, we will need policing.

 

How good are lanes for the "sports cyclists"? Makes perfect sense for commuters, but doing 20 x 40s on cycle lanes? Hmmmm

[FrankoP]

We had a cyclist clipped by a bus last week in PMB. Luckily only stitches in the hand required.

 

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[capediver]

Yas Island, Abu Dhabi.....on both sides of the road...

 

And they close this "road" twice a week for cyclists!

['Dale]

Did I miss it?

Any word on the health status of the cyclist that got knocked ????

 

Edit: Gra-ma

[Patchelicious]

Subs I missed it

Any word on the health status of the cyclist that got knocked ????

Only thing CSA has said is that it's not their fault.