Study: Adding bicycle lanes calms traffic
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
A study undertaken of several re-configured roads in Portland, Oregon, demonstrates that re-configuring roads, in the manner of a "road diet" [PDF], to add bicycle lanes calms traffic. This is important not only to bicyclists and pedestrians, who are more comfortable when motorist speed is lower, but also for adjoining property owners, because lower travel speeds on roads raise property values for nearby properties.
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