Bike Lanes by Casey Neistat

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Cites twrkit · 2014-04 · on “Want a Healthier City? Prescribe Biking”

When Bloomberg ran the show in NYC, he "prescribed biking" [1]. Despite the focus on cyclists, here's one filmmaker's experience: [this video] [1] [LINK]

Cites Steltek · 2018-03 · on “Bus Lane Blocked, He Trained His Computer to Catch Scofflaws”

NYC has a law requiring cyclists to stay in the bike lane if one is present. Only more civilized cities (like Boston ;) allow bikes to take the full lane. Although traffic moves so slowly there's rarely a point unless the bike lane is blocked. [this video]

Cites godelski · 2019-10 · on “Lethal memory fail: Why drivers see, and then forget motorcyclists”

> Many of them weave between cars or treat traffic signals as suggestions. Basically they want to be treated like normal traffic when it suits them and ignore laws when they want to. I don't want to defend this but rather explain this. Legally we are neither pedestrians nor normal traffic. But there is no explicit law for cyclists. You have to be both and it depends which situations it you are in, which typically falls under when it is most advantageous (or safest). Specifically to the traffic signals, I'll illustrate first. The only time I have been struck by a vehicle while on my bike was while I was in a shared space (marked with sharrows) and waiting at a stop sign (I've also had cars co

Cites RandallBrown · 2019-10 · on “After Spike in Deaths, New York to Get 250 Miles of Protected Bike Lanes”

Casey Neistat, a prominent YouTuber, partially got his start by making a video about people/things blocking the bike lanes in NYC. [this video]

Cites btrettel · 2019-12 · on “Drivers Refuse to Put Down Their Phones. People Keep Dying”

> In general, drivers act with the knowledge that if they even tap a pedestrian, they're likely to severely injure or kill them. They might be sloppy or distracted, but they almost never willfully do this. In my experience as a cyclist and pedestrian, many drivers don't seem to act with the knowledge that if they even tap a pedestrian or cyclist that they'll severely injure or kill them. Many drivers do similar things to what you describe cyclists as doing. Ultimately the percentage of jerks among drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians is about the same. > (P.S. Have you really seen a bicyclist getting a ticket in NYC? Never seen that in my life. Wow!) Isn't NYC famous for ticketing cyclists? E.

Cites yellow_lead · 2021-09 · on “Trailerduck is a smart e-bike trailer”

The NYC mention reminds me of Bike Lanes by Neistat[1]. Sounds like the situation has deteriorated, I'd be interested to see a 2021 version. [1] [this video]

Cites crote · 2023-02 · on “America’s obsession with big cars has fatal consequences”

That's exactly what is happening, though. See [0] for example, many drivers treat cycle lanes as a parking zone. And cars driving down dedicated bike lanes because they feel like it aren't exactly hard to find either.[1] [0]: [this video] [1]: [LINK]

Cites Mawr · 2023-10 · on “Automakers invented the crime of jaywalking (2015)”

Okay, are you talking about protected (physical separation) or unprotected (paint on the road) bike lanes? The latter are unsafe [1][2][3][4][5] and therefore unused. It's usually safer for a cyclist to ride in the middle of the lane (primary position) than to use the unsafe unprotected bike lane. > Protected bike lane implementations often congest and slow traffic, which increases idling and carbon emissions no matter how many people say they’ll bike if it was safer. They won’t get their fat ass off out of bed 40 minutes earlier. You’re kidding yourself. As this goes against everything I've ever seen and read, I'm gonna have to request some citations. Induced demand has been well understood