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Given the sheer amount of cyclist who think that cars should be banned with no consideration for anything else, I think that this is a common observation. Wher
by Saline9515 6mo ago
Given the sheer amount of cyclist who think that cars should be banned with no consideration for anything else, I think that this is a common observation.
Where I live, the pro-cyclist mayor (whose husband owns a bike rental shop, by pure coincidence) closed a road for cars without consultation, now the firemen along with residents are protesting because emergency and delivery vehicles can't access a large part of the city (car parked can't get out!). This is the average behavior you can expect from militant cyclists, from my experience.
- wy35 6mo agoWhich town is this? I find it hard to believe that the mayor did not add an exception for emergency and commercial vehicles.
- Saline9515 6mo agoRiga. Of course, all of the cyclist absolutely LOVE it, and now want to remove cobblestones, which could lead to a removal of the city from the UNESCO World Heritage list. But they don't care. You can see a picture of the genius arrangement here: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HGpgA1pXEAEuFLn?format=jpg&name=medium https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HGpgA1pXEAEuFLn?format=jpg&name=...
- datsci_est_2015 6mo agoBased on the photo, it looks like it’s pretty easily rectified by emergency bollards that can be lifted / lowered by emergency crews, though those may be expensive to procure.
- Saline9515 6mo agoYes, but why wait and do the things the right way when you can just block a street with concrete and call it a "modal filter"?
- ugexe 6mo agoThe pro cyclist mayor in the city I live in didn’t do that. I guess our personal anecdotes cancel out.