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This may be different in the US but all the separated bike lanes I have encountered in Europe are wide enough to pass other cyclists. There are also much fewer
by DangerousPie 7y ago
This may be different in the US but all the separated bike lanes I have encountered in Europe are wide enough to pass other cyclists. There are also much fewer "slow newbie" bikers swerving around unpredictably than you seem to suggest.
Yes, sometimes you may need to slow down a bit because someone is already overtaking or the lane is too narrow but I will take that over having to share the road with cars any day of the week.
And FWIW I've been commuting by bike for about 20 years so I wouldn't consider myself a "casual".
- dmix 7y agoToronto doesn’t have that many separated and the ones I’ve been on have scared me more than riding on a street without any marking. I guess experiences my vary.
- bkor 7y agoThat's a complete opposite of how it is in The Netherlands. I don't think it's the experience though, it highly likely it's the implementation. In any other country they often completely mess up all of the bike infrastructure, including separated bike lanes only in name (loads of steps not done). E.g. the width of the bike lane should be based on the amount of bikes they've estimated to ride on there. Bike traffic here is measured often. If needed the bike lane is expanded. Then height differences, consistent colouring, marking, etc. It should be obvious without thinking, something that's often not the case.