Assignment 4: Delft Bicycling Facilities: Peter Falsey Bike Lanes: 4: Buitenhofdreef and Martinus Nijhoflaan The first stops we visited with bike lanes were Buitenhofdreef and Martinus Nijhoflaan, which were arterial roads with one lane in each direction. These streets included one way bike lanes on each side, with car parking to the right of the rider. [...]
Assignment 4: Delft Bicycling Facilities: Hayley Greenough Bike Lanes: (1- Nassaulaan, 2- Julianalaan, 4- Buitenhofdreef, Martinus Nijhoflaan) Bike lanes are one of the cheaper options when it comes to giving bicycles space on roads. As a cheap option, the defensible space is definitely decreased, but they serve their purpose well and the space they [...]
Assignment 4: Delft Bicycling Facilities: Kristen Braley I want to apologize for the pictures as I had no other option to get the assignment done within the time constraints. My laptop broke and all I could use to edit the pictures was snapchat. For some reason my laptop only works while at school it seems, so [...]
Bike Lanes Facility #1: A two lane road, similar to facility one, with a painted center line instead of a dividing median. The facility was slightly more stressful, as compared to the previous, due to vehicles travelling closer to bike lane to avoid the oncoming traffic. Bike lanes were wider, approximately 6-8’. Notably here were [...]
Assignment 4: Delft Bicycling Facilities Bike Lanes Locations: Nassaulaan*, Julianalaan*, Buitenhofdreef, Martinus Nijhoflaan (Delft) In terms of safety, the bike lanes provide cyclists their own lane and discourage, using dashed lines and red paint, drivers from intruding into their space. Riding on a bike lane can be stressful at times, especially when there's parking on your right and fast driving [...]
Forrest Soule: Homework 4 6/7/2016 In my first assignment on my Northeastern University 2016 Summer 2 Dialogue of Civilizations trip to Delft, Netherlands, I analyzed some of the local bicycling facilities. Our group of students toured 11 of 14 sites labeled by Professor Furth. These sites, showed examples of [...]
Bike Lanes Facility #1: A two lane road, similar to facility one, with a painted center line instead of a dividing median. The facility was slightly more stressful, as compared to the previous, due to vehicles travelling closer to bike lane to avoid the oncoming traffic. Bike lanes were wider, approximately 6-8’. Notably here were [...]
Assignment 4: Delft Bicycling Facilities: Alexander Tang Bike Lanes Location #4 Buitenhofdreef, Martinus Nijhoflaan This road segment has bike lanes on the roadway similar to those in the US. Located in the median are tram tracks in separated from the roadway with fences and curbing. The roads have average width vehicle lanes with bike lanes painted on. [...]
Bike Lanes (1, 2, 4) Bike lanes are those where bikes have their own lane but there is no median between the cars and the bikes. There are only painted lines on the ground. These seem to be the less safe of the different facility types since there is nothing to protect the bikers from [...]
Assignment 4: Bicycling Facilities in Delft - Lynda Nitka In this assignment, we were given the task of observing the various types of bike path facilities that are designed around the city of Delft. These included bike lanes, cycle tracks, bicycle boulevards, advisory lanes, service roads, and bike highways. Even though these facilities all have [...]