City cycling: health versus hazard

[Ross]

http://mosaicscience.com/story/city-cyc ... sus-hazard

[find_bruce]

I got lost somewhere along the way. Was there a conclusion somewhere that I have missed or just a bunch of anecdotes ?

[il padrone]

Probably as close to a conclusion as you'll get:

“Making people feel safer on bikes should not mean equipping them with high-vis and reflective helmets,” says Jack Harris, owner of London’s Tally Ho! Cycle Tours. “We need infrastructure that allows a broader cross-section of society to get onto a bike.” The places that are serious about encouraging cycling as a safe, accessible and pleasant mode of transport have some tough decisions to make about vulnerable users, including cyclists, in the allocation of urban space.