Comments on: Several intersections become bike-friendlier

By: Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for September 7th « Texbiker.net

Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for September 7th « Texbiker.net — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:09:20 +0000

[…] Several intersections become bike-friendlier from Bike Denton by bikedenton Have you ever been stuck at a red light that won’t change? If so, there are a few Denton intersections that WILL change for bicycles now. When fewer cyclists run red lights, there are fewer accidents, fewer scofflaws (which enhance negative stereotypes), and cyclists get a better sense that the system is accommodating them. In towns all over… […]

By: bikedenton

bikedenton — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:44:43 +0000

@Opus, these intersections in question wouldn’t trigger for bicycles, as I and many others have tried. If they did, we simply would’ve requested the MUTCD marking for where to place the wheel. I placed wheels over all corners of each of the loops, hundreds of time, to no avail. But now they work great with the increased sensitivity.

By: Opus the Poet

Opus the Poet — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:23:06 +0000

Actually most induction loops are triggerable by bicycles, but require placing the wheels very precisely over the most sensitive spot in the loop, leaned slightly in over the corners. The problem is there are frequently multiple cuts in the pavement, so knowing which cut is the active loop is the first issue, then finding the most sensitive part of the active loop. That’s where the bike trigger marking on the road surface is essential, showing the active loop and where to put a bicycle to trigger it.