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Protect Yourself! Separated Bike Lanes Create Safer Streets, Study Says

A 13-year study of a dozen cities found that protected bike lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all users of the road.
Protect Yourself! Separated Bike Lanes Create Safer Streets, Study Says
Bike and pedestrian traffic on Brattle Street near Harvard Square in May 2019.
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Christian has edited StreetsblogMASS since its founding in spring 2019. Before that, he was a data reporter for the Portland Press Herald in Maine. Got tips? Send them to me via Signal, the encrypted messaging app, at 207-310-0728.

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