{"id":234,"date":"2013-08-25T17:07:12","date_gmt":"2013-08-25T17:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zacharybaiel.com\/blog\/?p=234"},"modified":"2013-08-25T21:44:59","modified_gmt":"2013-08-25T21:44:59","slug":"designing-a-bicycle-culture-for-the-greater-lafayette-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zacharybaiel.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/25\/designing-a-bicycle-culture-for-the-greater-lafayette-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing a Bicycle Culture for the Greater Lafayette Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have started riding a bicycle more and more around <a href=\"http:\/\/tagboard.com\/greaterlala\">#GreaterLaLa<\/a> thanks to a lovely Jamis I purchased from <a href=\"http:\/\/virtuouscycles.us\/\">Virtuous Cycles<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.readysetgodowntown.com\/\">Downtown Lafayette<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One challenge I am constantly faced with on this new adventure is the disconnect between bicycle and automobile culture. \u00a0Thankfully, a great of cycle-minded citizens exists,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bicyclelafayette.org\/\">Bicycle Lafayette<\/a>. \u00a0They are currently working to inform the public, <a title=\"West Lafayette City Council approves 3-foot bike passing rule\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wlfi.com\/news\/local\/council-approves-3-feet-passing-rule\">among other admirable activities<\/a>, with some recent spoke cards.<\/p>\n<p>We are also working on a small zine to help expand upon the great work <a href=\"http:\/\/tagboard.com\/bikelala\">#BikeLaLa<\/a> has done. \u00a0Now, more than ever, time and energy is needed to help make cyclists, motorists, and pedestrians\u00a0mindful.<\/p>\n<p>For legal and safety reasons, <a title=\"A person riding a bicycle upon a roadway has all the rights and duties under this article that are applicable to a person who drives a vehicle[...]\" href=\"http:\/\/www.in.gov\/legislative\/ic\/2010\/title9\/ar21\/ch11.html\">cyclists have to follow the same rules<\/a>\u00a0(IC 9-21-11-2)\u00a0when using the same transportation systems (traffic lights, one-ways, stop signs, etc). I have been a good steward in this diplomatic missing, trying to help educate people on all sides; cyclists who fail to signal or stop, automobiles that don&#8217;t share the road, and pedestrians who ignore the world around them.<\/p>\n<p>While putting away my laundry, I listened and watched <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pX8zZdLw7cs\">Bicycle Culture by Design: Mikael Colville-Andersen at TEDxZurich<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A few takeaways for myself were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>While designing or redeveloping anything (especially transportation systems in Greater Lafayette), we need to study the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Desire_path\">desire lines<\/a>\u00a0(or desire paths) in order to meet the current needs of the community.\n<ul>\n<li>This could easily be accomplished with any tripod and modern camera that can take time lapse videos.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>While cyclists need to follow the rules of the road, little consideration is given towards this, and other, alternative modes of transport.\n<ul>\n<li>If we truly want to encourage travel via other, non-automobile or non-motorized traffic, we need to investigate solutions that facilitate this result.\n<ul>\n<li>As stated in the video,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/urbancommuter.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/04\/rain-sensor-for-dutch-cyclists\/\">one such creative solution is found in the various regions of the Netherlands<\/a> (the Dutch love bikes!) where the traffic signals are changed more often to green to give priority to bicycle travelers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Designers and engineers should work together on projects to satisfy a workable solution vs. a\u00a0<em>paper<\/em><em>-only <\/em>theory<em>.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pX8zZdLw7cs\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have started riding a bicycle more and more around #GreaterLaLa thanks to a lovely Jamis I purchased from Virtuous Cycles in Downtown Lafayette. 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