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Forrester's "share the road" vehicular cycling view from the 1960s clearly fails in every wealthy country in which it remains the default option.
by Symbiote 5y ago
Forrester's "share the road" vehicular cycling view from the 1960s clearly fails in every wealthy country in which it remains the default option.
- hirundo 5y agoHere's a good HN debate on that topic, with several current commuter cyclists participating. The result is a lot more nuanced than "clearly fails". https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19634987&p=2 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19634987&p=2 E.g. ahoy: I don't know a single cyclist who agrees with that (Forrester) statement. btrettel: I've been a transportation cyclist for roughly a decade and I agree with everything he said. Many cyclists do, particularly more experienced ones. Bike lanes can be helpful, but they are not the panacea many people make them out to be. I think the main benefit bike lanes have is increasing the number of cyclists which leads to the "safety in numbers" effect. I think far too many bike lanes are made poorly, however, and these ones seem to be less safe than if there was no bike lane.