Assignment 4: Delft Bicycling Facilities: Michael Vanseveren Bike Boulevard Biking on the bike boulevards was a calming experience. At stop 7, Buitenwatersloot, the one side for bikes had various features to aid in a feeling of security on your bike. Cars were only able to go one way on a narrow road, forcing them to [...]
Introduction On July 4 and July 5, our summer class in Netherlands has the tow-day tour to explore the city's bicycling facilities. At first, I was totally struggling with riding because the only experience for bike was when I was a child. Although, the city's bicycle facilities were so well that almost every road we [...]
Assignment 4: Delft Bicycling Facilities: Jaguar Ashtiani Bike Lanes Nassaulaan (Fig. 1) https://flic.kr/p/JoR6Bf This street was not very busy, although there was a bus line that ran along this road but it didn't seem to come very often. I thought this was a pretty good use of an advisory bike lane. There was one light [...]
Assignment 4: Delft Bicycling Facilities: Michael Bangert-Drowns Bike Lanes: Segments: 1, 2, 4 Safety and convenience: In bike lanes cyclists have the right of way in most intersections and often hold priority over cars trying to turn right (see picture). Almost all cars respect this hierarchy but several don’t, which can create near miss situations that [...]
Assignment 4: Delft Bicycling Facilities: Amanda Carro Bike Lanes 4. Buitenhofdreef, Martinus Nijhoflaan In my opinion, bike lanes are on the more dangerous side of the facilities listed on this webpage because they have no buffer zone between them and the cars. Figure 1 shows a three lane roadway with a pocket bike lane. Because [...]
Assignment 4: Delft Bicycling Facilities: Peter Falsey Bike Lanes: 4: Buitenhofdreef and Martinus Nijhoflaan https://flic.kr/p/Jpumwb The first stop we visited with bike lanes was Buitenhofdreef and Martinus Nijhoflaan, which were arterial roads with one lane in each direction. These streets included one way bike lanes on each side, with car parking to the right of the [...]
Assignment 4: Delft Bicycling Facilities: Thomas Gex Bike Lanes Facility #1: A two lane road, similar to facility one, with a painted center line instead of a dividing median. The facility was slightly more stressful, as compared to the previous, due to vehicles travelling closer to bike lane to avoid the oncoming traffic. Bike lanes [...]
Assignment 4: Delft Bicycling Facilities: Anthony Green Cycle Tracks https://flic.kr/p/JHhD8z Site 5 https://flic.kr/p/JF61LG Site 6 https://flic.kr/p/JQ8tuM Site 10 The design of the cycle tracks in sites five, six, and ten were effective for a couple reasons - the degree of separation from moving vehicles and the utilization of [...]
Assignment 4: Delft Bicycling Facilities: Kevin Jimenez The following analysis focuses on several different types of bicycling infrastructure in the city of Delft, The Netherlands. Each type of bicycle infrastructure was ridden, photographed, and then reflected upon with specific attention paid to safety, how typical riders used the facility, space constraints and design challenges, and the [...]
Assignment 4: Delft Bicycling Facilities: Kara O'Neal Bike Lanes Bike lanes are well worth the small expense of painting lines on just about any road. However, in some places it feels as though a bike lane is not enough. Bike lanes on narrow roads or ones with higher traffic can make one feel less safe. Figure [...]