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Cycling is so much more effective than cars.. actually approx 5x more in terms of street usage. So when people move to bikes, the streets look way less busy. Yo
by time4tea 1y ago
Cycling is so much more effective than cars.. actually approx 5x more in terms of street usage. So when people move to bikes, the streets look way less busy.
You'd need a 5x more bike traffic than car traffic for the two lanes to be equivalent.
Just worth bearing mind when people talk about streets being emptier - just emptier of cars
- michaelcampbell 1y ago> Cycling is so much more effective than cars ... for 1 person in decent weather having to transport very little. As it turns out, this is the majority of traffic, but let's set constraints.
- crowbahr 1y agoSlight hyperbole but every single food delivery on door dash happens with cyclists in NYC. Rain or shine. Multiple orders at a time. So not for everyone and everything but cyclists are still 5x more efficient in bad weather.
- mizzao 1y agoLuckily, NYC supports this so much that they've started handing out criminal misdemeanor summons for (minor) cycling offenses: https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/traffic_and_transit/2025/05/03/cyclists-now-face-criminal-summonses-for-minor-offenses https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/traffic_and_transit/2025/05... /s You can do the same things in a car and all you'll get is a traffic ticket.