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its super nice to finally see someone share my feelings. it is hard to express these views sometimes because they are often faced with hard backlash by a lot of

its super nice to finally see someone share my feelings. it is hard to express these views sometimes because they are often faced with hard backlash by a lot of bike activists who see biking as the only answer to climate change and strict bike lanes with super defensive construction against cars and all other modes of transportation as the only way to achieve this. there are much more flexible and nice ways than the dutch model.berlin is moving hard in the dutch direction and it feels like a short sighted and suffocating development. we need a public space that is open and adapts to small developments, we will have e scooters e motorbikes small electric cars self driving microcars, super fast electric wheelchairs with ai emergency prevention for elderly or disabled, relatively slow moving parcel and grocery delivery robots.and all of this has to take into account that walkability is still the number one factor for quality of life feeling in neighbourhoods.

snapetom 5y ago
Bicycling has had this "we are beyond reproach" attitude for years due to its health and environmental benefits. At least in my city, it's led to a sense of entitlement and militantism. Red lights and stop signs are routinely ignored by bicyclists. I've witnessed plenty of near misses against pedestrians, and myself have been hit by a bicyclist while I was on the pedestrian side of the path. A lot of these comments misses the point of this article. This isn't a pro or anti cycling article. The point is that a lot of are not following laws and common courtesy. Being on a bicycle does not exempt you.
- tonyedgecombe 5y ago
  >Red lights and stop signs are routinely ignored by bicyclists. That old trope is continually brought up yet the research is clear that cyclists stop at read lights more often than car drivers.
cataphract 5y ago
To the extent that this meandering article makes a point, it doesn't match my experience in the Netherlands at all. In residential streets there are usually no bikelanes and there is street parking, kids playing football and so on, that is, the street is by no means dedicated to cycling. Take for instance a street where I used to live: https://goo.gl/maps/1T8PzJfPjxpT1JdN9 https://goo.gl/maps/1T8PzJfPjxpT1JdN9 This is true even near a primary school where kids bike to: https://goo.gl/maps/e4thCUV1WV5p1JLE9 https://goo.gl/maps/e4thCUV1WV5p1JLE9 The segregated paths are usually alongside roads or wide streets.

snapetom 5y ago

Bicycling has had this "we are beyond reproach" attitude for years due to its health and environmental benefits. At least in my city, it's led to a sense of entitlement and militantism. Red lights and stop signs are routinely ignored by bicyclists. I've witnessed plenty of near misses against pedestrians, and myself have been hit by a bicyclist while I was on the pedestrian side of the path. A lot of these comments misses the point of this article. This isn't a pro or anti cycling article. The point is that a lot of are not following laws and common courtesy. Being on a bicycle does not exempt you.

tonyedgecombe 5y ago
>Red lights and stop signs are routinely ignored by bicyclists. That old trope is continually brought up yet the research is clear that cyclists stop at read lights more often than car drivers.

cataphract 5y ago

To the extent that this meandering article makes a point, it doesn't match my experience in the Netherlands at all. In residential streets there are usually no bikelanes and there is street parking, kids playing football and so on, that is, the street is by no means dedicated to cycling. Take for instance a street where I used to live: https://goo.gl/maps/1T8PzJfPjxpT1JdN9 https://goo.gl/maps/1T8PzJfPjxpT1JdN9 This is true even near a primary school where kids bike to: https://goo.gl/maps/e4thCUV1WV5p1JLE9 https://goo.gl/maps/e4thCUV1WV5p1JLE9 The segregated paths are usually alongside roads or wide streets.