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Cyclists had a fully-protect lane free of cars and decided to ride in the middle of a lane filled with idling cars? I'm not sure where you live, but that's just
by nimbleplum40 3y ago
Cyclists had a fully-protect lane free of cars and decided to ride in the middle of a lane filled with idling cars? I'm not sure where you live, but that's just not the behavior I've seen anywhere else...
- wredue 3y agoI see it consistently everywhere that I’ve ever driven that has protected lanes. Several cities have opted to remove their protected bike lanes for exactly the same reasons. Cyclists just don’t use them.
- nimbleplum40 3y agoI'm not denying what you've seen, but it just doesn't match what I've seen at all. > Several cities have opted to remove their protected bike lanes for exactly the same reasons. Sure, but many cities are rapidly _expanding_ their network of protected bike lanes because of how widely they're used. I don't have data to back this up, but I suspect that many more miles of protected bike lanes are being added each year than removed. For example, NYC [1]. For another, here's a compilation of many cities. [2] What cities are removing bike infrastructure? [1] https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pr2023/dot-expand-bike-infrastructure.shtml https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pr2023/dot-expand-bike-inf... [2] https://www.peopleforbikes.org/news/the-best-new-u.s.-bike-lanes https://www.peopleforbikes.org/news/the-best-new-u.s.-bike-l...
- kspacewalk2 3y agoI've literally never seen it on any street that has a proper bike lane, and I've driven in many places with proper bike lanes. Cyclists pretty much universally prefer safe proper infrastructure to sharing lanes with cars and painted bike gutters, for entirely obvious reasons. You're literally the first ever person I've encountered claiming otherwise, so I'm sure you'll understand why you're getting incredulous pushback here.