StreetFilms: Berkeley’s Bike Boulevards
Berkeley’s Bike Boulevards
Running time: 8 minutes 12 seconds
“Bicycle Boulevards really gives the cyclist the sense of owning the road and being able to take the lane and being able to be in the middle of the street where they can avoid the door zone. Cars are expecting that they’re going to have to wait for bikes and that they’re going to be seeing bikes. It’s not going to be a confrontational thing if a cyclist is the middle of the road because it’s expected on these streets.”
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