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Ouch, I wouldn’t want to bike down that on a busy afternoon. My US city has been buying abandoned rail lines and creating biking/walking path instead. I like b

by wil421 1y ago

Ouch, I wouldn’t want to bike down that on a busy afternoon. My US city has been buying abandoned rail lines and creating biking/walking path instead. I like being away from the streets. Some streets have a barrier that protects the bike lanes and I prefer those with my kids in tow. Abandoned industrial rail line: https://maps.app.goo.gl/PiLfp1DkE3By4gkL7 https://maps.app.goo.gl/PiLfp1DkE3By4gkL7

bluGill 1y ago
While those are nice places to ride I still oppose such things because those paths are lost to useful transit forever and cities need long cooridores for transit
- pjc50 1y ago
  Not forever. Keeping them as public paths retains the option. Selling them off and building over them would definitely make it impossible to reinstate.
  - bluGill 1y ago
    The option is not retained - you will never convince bicycles to give up a path they like once they have it. Thus it becomes politically impossible to reinstate it.
  - daedrdev 1y ago
    Which is essentially forever.
LargoLasskhyfv 1y ago
Why so many skid-marks there?