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If NYC had proper bike infrastructure, it wouldn't be so unsafe.

• TedDoesntTalk 3y ago
  Yes it would. Cars and bikes don’t magically change their mass with “proper bike infrastructure”. An asshole NY driver can still kill you with ease.
  • eptcyka 3y ago
    There'd be less opportunity for fatal crashes due to the surface area between cycle paths and car paths being reduced. This would literally mean that it'd be safer if there was better infrastructure.
  • CptFribble 3y ago
    Proper bike infrastructure isn't just extra lanes next to cars. Typically "proper" includes things like protective walls, and bridges specifically for bikes + pedestrians separate from cars. It is entirely possible to design bike infrastructure that removes car impacts from the equation - we have the technology, we only lack the political will.
  • JambalayaJim 3y ago
    An asshole NYC driver can kill a pedestrian with ease too. Do you feel unsafe walking on the sidewalk or crossing at intersections? Why is that? Could it be because of good grade separated pedestrian infrastructure and cultural norms that protect pedestrians?
  • Muromec 3y ago
    Proper bike infrastructure is for example a line of trees between a cycling path and a road. Or a moat with water and angry homeless drug addicted goose. Reading the comments here makes me think drug addicts in the streets work quite well as urban planning tool is US.