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I feel/understand the bit about "clueless cyclists biking on the major streets" but that feels like a failure of infrastructure to me (sort of like how rust is
by NegativeLatency 4y ago
I feel/understand the bit about "clueless cyclists biking on the major streets" but that feels like a failure of infrastructure to me (sort of like how rust is a improvement over c). Anything from:
- bad signage & route marking
- bad navigation instructions (Apple maps and sometimes google maps sending people down streets they shouldn't be on as a inexperienced bike rider)
- longer routes around (Thinking of Sandy here where cars get to drive the hypotenuse while bikes are supposed to bike at right angles to the city grid)
- lack of completely separated bike roads (if these existed I would almost never want to mix it up with cars)
- lack of options for connecting between bikeways
can end up with someone being in a bad spot pretty quickly through accident or intention.
I live out a bit closer to the airport and agree it's still a lot better than most cities but still end up biking around and on Sandy which is always unpleasant in its current state.
Also even on the bike streets you end up with frustrated drivers who are trying to use it as a shortcut or find it unacceptable to travel a couple of MPH less when they're behind a bike for a few blocks. Specifically not allowing non-local traffic would make the bike/slow streets a lot more welcoming to people in my life who don't want to drive but feel trapped by having to own a car.
- cammikebrown 4y agoI get that. I even have to study a map before every trip I go on to make sure I’m staying on more bike-friendly streets. Thankfully, in my neighborhood they’re adding more road blocks for cars (that still allow bikes through).
- Akronymus 4y agoThose blocks can be pretty dangerous to bikes though.