Observe the city from the user's point of view
Even in Kashiwa City where our school is located, efforts are underway to promote automobiles. About 30% of traffic accidents occurring in Kashiwa city are accidents caused by bicycle traffic, and it is urgently required to develop a safe and comfortable bicycle passage space.
In Kashiwa City, in principle, the road widening is not carried out, and improvement is being promoted by separating the traffic space of pedestrians, bicycles and cars by reallocation of road space. In December Heisei 20, at Sakuragi Sakura-dori, on the left side of the roadway, the blue navigation mark (arrow feather) indicating the traveling direction and passage place of the bicycle and the pictogram (pictogram) of the bicycle are clearly indicated on the road surface, the bicycle traffic environment is secured It was.
Confirmed while traveling on a bicycle at different frequent accident points around Kashiwa station posted in this maintained "Shinki Sakura Avenue" and "Life Safety MAP", differences in ease of driving due to maintenance and problems To do.
*The bicycle navigation mark was maintained in Sakura Avenue
Although I was in a situation with few cars running, I felt that the running space of the bicycle was clearly separated from pedestrians and cars, and it was very easy to travel.
* One way street
On such a one-way road there was a white line on the right side of the boundary between the road and the sidewalk. On the sidewalk there were no signs for bicycle passage, and in this case I felt doubt as to where to travel.
*Sidewalk of bicycle running possible (pedestrian priority)
Although it is a sidewalk that can run on a bicycle, there is no boundary line between a pedestrian and a bicycle on the sidewalk, and a pedestrian walks on both sides, so I felt it was awfully unlikely to ride on a bicycle.
*Bicycle accident location Pedestrian walkway
This is the place where a bicycle accident actually occurred. You can see that there is no curved mirror even though it is a corner, and the view on the right side is very bad. Although it is unknown whether it was set up before or after the accident, a sign of "car warning" was set on the sidewalk.
*When driving on the roadway
This is a sidewalk where you can not drive a bicycle. In this case, it is stipulated that it will run at the left end of the roadway, but many cars parking on the street like the picture, it can be said that it is very difficult to travel.
*Other stations
The bicycle was running on the left and right, I felt the bicycle came from front and behind and it was dangerous.
In front of the station the crosswalk is wide and people are crossing everywhere and the bicycle does not know where to run.
Although the above is an example, when actually running around the city with a bicycle, it became clear that how difficult it is to run a bicycle.
