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>"You're taking away parking space!" "All these bike lanes are slowing traffic" Just put the bike lanes on the sidewalk instead of in the street then. That's h

• adrianN 7y ago
  Sidewalks are often not wide enough for 2m of bike lane and pedestrians. Bike lanes on side walks also make intersections more dangerous for cyclists.
• Fradow 7y ago
  Don't know how that works out in Finland, but there are a few of those in Paris, and while they are just as good as those on the street at certain hours, at other hours they become overrun with inattentive pedestrians that confuse them for a sidewalk. This makes those lanes dangerous for both cyclists and pedestrians as a result, and very slow for cyclists compared to a regular bike lane. A third to a half of the cyclists opt for the bus lane instead (despite it being forbidden to cyclists). And they are not slowing the traffic. In fact, cyclists move faster than cars at the particular location I have in mind.
• eemil 7y ago
  >"You're taking away parking space!" "All these bike lanes are slowing traffic" Those points probably don't even matter. Each bicycling convert means one less parking space used, and one less car sitting in traffic.
• clarry 7y ago
  They work ok in areas that aren't particularly congested. Even then, many of these shared bike/pedestrian ways are just packed full of little things that slow cyclists down in a way a cycle lane wouldn't. They're also poorly maintained as compared to the street that gets re-paved every so often while they just fill the worst holes & cracks on the sidewalk. That's why some enthusiasts in .fi choose to cycle in traffic (even though that's not really legal if there's a bike path on the right).