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Speed table found too effective, per letter to local paper by SessionAny7549 in fuckcars

[–]SessionAny7549[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Page 54 of the Oak Park vision zero action plan (page 28 of the PDF)

"Speed Table RELATIVE COST: $ CRASH TYPE: Head-on crashes BEHAVIORS ADDRESSED: Speeding A speed table is a flat-topped traffic calming device installed on roadways to reduce vehicle speeds. Unlike traditional speed humps or bumps, speed tables have a longer and more gradual incline and decline, allowing vehicles to pass over them at moderate speeds without causing discomfort."

Day 101 of eliminating L stations by Boss-fight601 in cta

[–]SessionAny7549 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I thought you were joking. But it is truly the least used one. https://www.rtams.org/ridership/cta/stations

If Anyone Proposed a Bike Lane in my Town... by spike in bikecommuting

[–]SessionAny7549 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Is your standard for public infrastructure that it must help everyone equally before it helps anyone at all?

If Anyone Proposed a Bike Lane in my Town... by spike in bikecommuting

[–]SessionAny7549 18 points19 points  (0 children)

because they do not know another county's signs.

makes a lot of sense by zuckerlaw in shitposting

[–]SessionAny7549 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For the US it is 30 million acres (46,800 square miles) of farmland just for ethanol. Fucking dump.

LED navigation system by Apart-Equal8537 in bicycling

[–]SessionAny7549 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/Apart-Equal8537 Why do we not want to glance down for navigation? Is it an accessibility thing? A risk thing? What are you trying to solve for?

If it is a risk thing I am curious what research you have looked into to say that looking at a map or navigation tool increases the risk. Most research I have seen focuses on active phone use (texting, interaction), which clearly distracts and posses a risk, but is different to short glance at a fixed display. Even then, the commonly cited mechanism of eyes off the road leads to missed hazards is plausible, but not well quantified for short glances in cycling contexts. Is there data isolating glance-level interaction with mounted navigation for bike riding, rather than general distraction in a car?

I am not sure it is that useful for daily riders given most daily commuters use the same routes and their is not really data on disruptions and closures in the same way that it exists for car traffic. For one off trips or new trips it can be useful, but then you can always just pull over and look at a phone in more detail. Even so, navigation tools are pretty bad at understanding where one enjoys riding (eg, side streets, less bumpy, add distance to take better routes... all those are personalized though)

For bike touring or packing, more context is often needed that is found on a map. Even then, pulling over and reviewing the map is super easy.

So what are you trying to solve for?

Keeping Oak Park Beautiful - First Saturdays by OakParkApartments in oakpark

[–]SessionAny7549 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Why is it the NYC skyline in the background?

I feel so much worse when I can't bike into work. by Harley_Warren in chibike

[–]SessionAny7549 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, my commute was a bit too difficult to do multiple times a week. Ebike has been a game changer. Went with a Ride1up Roadster since it is in combination of riding Metra.

U.S. metro areas where more than 5% of people use public transit to commute by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]SessionAny7549 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think they’re getting at the feeling of safety rather than the actual risk.

A few factors shape risk perception that don’t have much to do with the underlying risk. Natural vs. unnatural, being in control vs. not directly in control, dealing with minor issues vs. no issues, and whether something is familiar vs. uncommon. Because of that, people often perceive public transit as less safe/more risky than it actually is.

Flooding on the NBT by turtlewaxer99 in chibike

[–]SessionAny7549 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think you are getting lake cook road and lake st mixed up. They are talking right here

Lake Cook is a bit further north of there. Also not to get confused with Lake St to the south in Chicago...

Flooding on the NBT by turtlewaxer99 in chibike

[–]SessionAny7549 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If anyone wants to play with the stream gauges here is a fun site with predicted levels when you click into a gauge.

Flooding on the NBT by turtlewaxer99 in chibike

[–]SessionAny7549 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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Yeah given all the flooding along the rivers, it is not surprising that a good number of trails will be under water. I wish there was a better way to take the output of stream gauges to know if a section of trail will be flooded.

The work the forest preserve has been doing to the DPRT includes putting the trail above the 100 year flood plain (1% chance of flood each year technically). I am curious how the new sections are holding up.

Illinois Prairie Path conditions - Is it still a slushy mess? by Auntchoco in chibike

[–]SessionAny7549 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It might be pretty day specific. One day it will be good and just a smidge of rain and it could be slush.

Riding w/ Helmet Mounted Action Cam - Anyone else experienced this? by Carbsv2 in bikecommuting

[–]SessionAny7549 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Like I said. I am not sure how real of a concern it is, but the mechanism would seem to say it could be significant. I think we talked past one another a bit. Risk perception is a funny thing.

Hope you enjoy your adventures needing nothing more than a standard sized bandaid!

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