Sat, 14 Jun 2008
Cycling things in the news // at 14:00
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- “Bumper stickers reveal link to road rage”
- Hardly earth shattering, but their research shows that people who most strongly identify with their cars are the ones that get the angriest and are most prone to road rage.
- “Hating cyclists: some preliminary findings”
- Not much in the way of interpretation, but a large body of analysis of the feedback to any media stories on cyclist-motorist interaction in Australia.
- “Road Safety and perceived risk of cycle tracks and lanes in Copenhagen” (pdf)
- Fascinating reading, a safety report from Copenhagen, home of those "Copenhagen lanes" that Bicycle (paths) Victoria are obsessed with — when they're not obsessed with other bicycle paths. Reports what many cyclists already know or believe, that while cycle paths encourage more people to ride, they also increase the collision and injury rate.
