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    • Riding in traffic
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Resources for cyclists

Skills for riding your bicycle more safely and comfortably in traffic.

Traffic skills

  • Overview
  • Where should I ride?
  • Being an MVP
  • Five key traffic principles
  • Can we make eye contact?
  • Riding with kids

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  • Trigger an unresponsive traffic light on your bicycle.
  • Improve your daytime (and nighttime) visibility when riding your bicycle.
  • Be maneuverable, visible, predictable, and communicative on a bicycle in traffic
  • Move away from the curb to make yourself more visible & gain maneuverability.
  • Discourage the left cross in an intersection on your bicycle.
  • Pass parked cars on your bicycle without concern.
  • Cycling in neighborhood traffic

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