> This is a great observation, and it immediately suggests a vision: An interstate pedestrian path system, and an interstate bicycle network. Yeah, that would

> This is a great observation, and it immediately suggests a vision: An interstate pedestrian path system, and an interstate bicycle network. Yeah, that would be a nice part of it. And indeed, the Netherlands and Belgium have such things: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_highway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_highway Of course, my reference to the interstate highway system was mostly meant to illustrate the current imbalance. But just as drivers need to leave the interstates to get to their final destinations, so too would cyclists. So it's still important to have safe walking/cycling routes on local streets too, because ultimately that's where we all start and end our journeys. It won't be possible to completely separate people/bikes/cars in all of these places, but thankfully there are a lot of designs around the world that we can take inspiration from, and with careful planning you can prioritize cars and bikes on different streets so they don't interact as much. But in the US, we're basically not giving anything but cars a serious chance at this point.