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I can neither drive nor bike (safely enough) because my vision is too poor. I‘m happy to walk for a long time (anything under an hour), but any larger city shou
by kall 5y ago
I can neither drive nor bike (safely enough) because my vision is too poor. I‘m happy to walk for a long time (anything under an hour), but any larger city should have trams imho.
However, bicyclists need to get their shit together in terms of pedestrian respect and traffic rules. I can cross a street pretty easily but crossing a busy bike path is a real challenge. I‘m sure we will figure it out in due time.
It also seems that the entire sidewalk is fair game for bicycle parking, which is a disaster for people navigating with a cane, but that can be solved with dedicated bicycle parking.
- skeeter2020 5y agoContext: I'm a cyclist that prefers no bike-specific infrastructure in downtown cores, but I think your pain is caused by (1) no dedicated bike facilities (lanes, parking, signaling, etc) and (2) inconsiderate or just ignorant cyclists. Turns out a bicycle doesn't magically transform the jerks nor the clueless into decent, aware people (I believe they do help though!)
- kall 5y agoI live in a city (Münster, Germany) that has extensive bike path infrastructure, but as far as I can tell, there is no established system for pedestrian crossings on bike paths other than "take care". I would think that at a traffic light, bicycles should act the same as cars, but this just doesn‘t happen at all. I‘m lucky if bicyclists don‘t blast straight through a zebra crossing. It feels especially cruel for traffic lights that are placed between the bike path and street yet require a button press. So it‘s two things: inconsiderate cyclists and and no common pedestrian crossing system on bike paths (or clarity on rules at existing street crossings).