Comments on: Super Sharrows http://isocrates.us/bike/2009/06/super-sharrows/ Getting Around on Two Wheels and Two Feet Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:46:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kevin Love http://isocrates.us/bike/2009/06/super-sharrows/comment-page-1/#comment-2904 Kevin Love Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:42:52 +0000 http://isocrates.us/bike/?p=1425#comment-2904 Yes, street sweepers are necessary to clean bike lanes. And proper snow clearing and gritting in winter. Toronto is getting new and improved street sweepers. From the official City website at: http://www.toronto.ca/transportation/environment/index.htm#sweepers According to recent studies, a major source of fine particulate matter in our air comes from fine road dust. The source of this fine road dust comes mainly from the wearing down of asphalt, rubber tires, brake discs and brake pads of motor vehicles. The City’s current fleet of street sweepers have only limited ability to remove fine road dust and are even more limited in their ability to contain it from dispersing into the air. That’s where the new sweepers come in. They are capable of removing and containing over 90 per cent of the fine road dust from road surfaces. Removing this road dust will lead to a substantial improvement in the city’s air quality. These new machines will also be able to operate year round and help Transportation Services to avoid the winter build up of debris and fine particulate matter and the need for a spring cleaning catch-up Yes, street sweepers are necessary to clean bike lanes. And proper snow clearing and gritting in winter. Toronto is getting new and improved street sweepers. From the official City website at:

http://www.toronto.ca/transportation/environment/index.htm#sweepers

According to recent studies, a major source of fine particulate matter in our air comes from fine road dust. The source of this fine road dust comes mainly from the wearing down of asphalt, rubber tires, brake discs and brake pads of motor vehicles. The City’s current fleet of street sweepers have only limited ability to remove fine road dust and are even more limited in their ability to contain it from dispersing into the air.

That’s where the new sweepers come in. They are capable of removing and containing over 90 per cent of the fine road dust from road surfaces. Removing this road dust will lead to a substantial improvement in the city’s air quality. These new machines will also be able to operate year round and help Transportation Services to avoid the winter build up of debris and fine particulate matter and the need for a spring cleaning catch-up

]]> By: Andy Cline http://isocrates.us/bike/2009/06/super-sharrows/comment-page-1/#comment-2900 Andy Cline Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:04:23 +0000 http://isocrates.us/bike/?p=1425#comment-2900 James... Yep. That's one of the problems with bike lanes. Cars sweep the road. James… Yep. That’s one of the problems with bike lanes. Cars sweep the road.

]]> By: Bond, James http://isocrates.us/bike/2009/06/super-sharrows/comment-page-1/#comment-2899 Bond, James Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:42:23 +0000 http://isocrates.us/bike/?p=1425#comment-2899 Pretty off topic but I was riding on traficway recently and the bike lanes were covered in gravel and other road debris making it un-ridable for me, my bike has skinny tires. Could use some street sweeper love ever now and then Pretty off topic but I was riding on traficway recently and the bike lanes were covered in gravel and other road debris making it un-ridable for me, my bike has skinny tires. Could use some street sweeper love ever now and then

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