The Safety Stop will be coming to a street near you soon. Will it encourage more people to bike to work?
I love cycling in Denver. Compared to a lot of cities, we have pretty good bike-trail connectivity, and there is a large community of cyclists passionate about their bikes. As someone who doesn’t have a car, connectivity like that really helps me function day to day. I do not, however, love cycling on Denver’s streets.
Luckily, we have a decent amount of information about making this change. Five states have already legalized the Safety Stop, and in every single study, we have seen a decrease in injuries and collisions. There are several reasons for this: continuous movement offers increased stability on a bike, keeping the cyclist out of motorist’s blind spots, and, important, decreasing the amount of time a cyclist is in an intersection.
If this law is so safe, though, why haven’t more municipalities signed it into law? In my correspondence with my own Denver City Council reps, the issue is not that they believe the Safety Stop is bad for the people of the city, but that there are other, more pressing issues for their consideration. Leaving these decisions up to cities means the process will be slow and the patchwork of laws will be shifting over time, neither of which are good for traffic safety.
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