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OSAKA Cubs Justin Grimm Jersey , Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- This commercial hub of western Japan has recently completed its first bicycle lanes in one of its main downtown streets but residents should have to wait for more time to find out the viability of the lanes, which are different from those found in Western countries.


City authorities here have decided to build the bicycle lanes to reduce the number of traffic accidents involving cyclists and pedestrians, which have been on the rise lately.


Since early September, the Osaka City Public Works Bureau has started construction of a bicycle lane on a 500-meter section in the two-way Honmachi-dori, one of the busiest streets in central Osaka. The bureau found the section as the most suitable place for the new project to decrease the number of bicycles hitting sidewalk pedestrians.


In Japan Cubs John Lackey Jersey , cyclists are allowed to travel in both directions on a sidewalk.


Following relocation of the original automobile lanes, workers painted the new one-meter-wide lane blue and installed new traffic signs along the street to demark the new bicycle lanes, urging all drivers and pedestrians to use the public space properly.


In Osaka, compared with other major cities, such as Tokyo Cubs Willson Contreras Jersey , Sapporo and Fukuoka, cycling is more popular as a means of transportation among commuters. This is because the flat city has no mountains or prominent hills and the climate is good for bicycling, being mostly sunny throughout the year. A recent health- consciousness trend has also encouraged cycling.


More importantly, fares for public transportation such as subways and buses have become expensive considering the size of the city. For example, commuters pay at least 200 yen (about 2 U.S dollars) for adult subway fare up to three kilometers and 230 yen or more for longer distances. The tickets are on average 1.5 times higher than in Tokyo.


According to the bureau Cubs Mike Montgomery Jersey , however, the cycling trend has had a negative effect because the number of bicycle-pedestrian collisions has increased over the past few years. There were 147 such accidents reported in 2012, up from 121 cases in the previous year, although the total number of accidents involving bicycles is dropping gradually, with about 6 Cubs Brett Anderson Jersey ,500 cases in 2012.


Local media, meanwhile, warn that the recent spike in reported accidents is mainly due to the increasing number of elderly people who generally have poorer vision and lack the physical strength to properly maneuver their bicycles often causing injuries to others if not to themselves.


The city, therefore, decided to add the bicycle lanes. But Satoru Fujisawa Cubs Jon Lester Jersey , a bureau spokesman, commented that the new project on the 21-meter-wide street does not make the environment completely