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The amount of space taken up by car parking makes me generally unsympathetic to complaints about bike sharing "taking up too much public space" - though perhaps
by sethherr 9y ago
The amount of space taken up by car parking makes me generally unsympathetic to complaints about bike sharing "taking up too much public space" - though perhaps there is less car parking in china.
- DaiPlusPlus 9y agoSpace taken by car-parking is typically in dedicated parking lots: out of the way and doesn't impede public rights-of-way - compare to having bicycles ridden on sidewalks and interfering with car traffic.
- sethherr 9y agoIn the US, the majority of streets have at least a lane of space taken up by parking. If half of that was offered to bikes there wouldn't be any bike parking issues.
- petre 9y agoIt's the same in biger cities in France, Eastern Europe, even in Germany, although the Germans are better behaved probably because of huge fines.
- skrause 9y agoIn Germany the fines for parking where you aren't allowed to park are something like 10 €, probably much lower than the European average.
- GuiA 9y agoIn some cases it does not impede public right of way; but it has a much deeper, longer term, insidious cost. https://youtu.be/Akm7ik-H_7U https://youtu.be/Akm7ik-H_7U
- sethherr 9y agoAlso "interfering with car traffic" is silly. Bikes are traffic too and have just as much right to being in the road as cars.
- stephengillie 9y agoMany bicyclists are afraid to be on the road, and many drivers believe roads are for aggressive car/truck drivers only. There is some basis for this, as novice bicyclists can have difficulty maintaining 25mph for miles, and many drivers are eager to prove their engine is stronger than a pair of legs.
- Luc 9y ago> as novice bicyclists can have difficulty maintaining 25mph That's 40 km/h. Are you trolling or is that a typo? I've been bicycling nearly daily for >45 years and I've never gone that fast.
- adrianN 9y agoIt's not terribly hard for a fit male to maintain 40km/h for a while on a nice racing bike. But I think 25km/h is a more reasonable top speed. It's also the speed where electric bicycles stop supporting the driver, at least here in Germany.
- lostlogin 9y agoIsn't the road and foot path a public right of way? Is there anything rivalling cars in terms of public space taken up by private property?
- vorg 9y ago> Space taken by car-parking is typically in dedicated parking lots: out of the way and doesn't impede public rights-of-way In some developed cities, but in most of China cars are usually parked on the sidewalks. When they're angle-parked along the full width of the sidewalk, pedestrians need to drop onto the roadside to continue walking.