bethlehems:

(via pantsblog): A nice look at urban planning and law enforcement techniques used to encourage bicycle usage.  Here’s a neat little snippet: “Enter the Idaho stop-sign law. The rule, passed by the Idaho state legislature in 1982 and updated in 2005, essentially allows bikers to treat stop signs as yield signs. If a biker slows down and sees no cars coming, he or she can roll through a stop sign—a so-called “rolling stop.” The “Idaho stop” has become a rallying point for vehicularists and facilitators alike—a sort of Great Compromise for bicycles. Many vehicularists like it, because it acknowledges the proper role of bikes on the street rather than on silly pathways (although purists will say that it should apply to cars as well). Facilitators like it because it recognizes a core difference between cars and bikes: the importance of momentum. […] a follow-up study of the Idaho statute found that accidents involving bikes actually decreased the year after the law was passed and haven’t varied much since.”

Planning reblog.