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I think don't think many New Yorkers love cars. And they have just started a new bike share scheme, so hopefully things will change. And Parisians still love t

I think don't think many New Yorkers love cars. And they have just started a new bike share scheme, so hopefully things will change. And Parisians still love there cars, which is damn ridiculous. If one city needs to take action, it is Paris. Far too many cars, so many they can park anywhere and not get in any trouble. Awful narrow streets, and badly designed as well. One way streets heading into each other. They have the Velib, but most people I know are just too scared to use it. I do, and I have no problem with cars, but I have ridden among cars since I was a kid. Even on a beautiful sunny day, as we have had the last few weeks, people would rather take the underground. They need to take some clues from London, introduce a congestion charge, lots more bike lines. But they will not. Paris would have been a nightmare if it had the olympics instead of London.

gpvos 13y ago
I've been told that cycling in Paris is a lot safer than in London.
- yoran 13y ago
  That's because they drive on the left in London!
  - SimHacker 13y ago
    But they're phasing in driving on the right in the UK -- first all the lorries, then once everyone gets used to that, the rest of the cars.
SimHacker 13y ago
Citi Bike: A Nazi, Muslim Plot to Create a Dresden-on-the-Hudson, Says Frontpage Mag Writer http://observer.com/2013/06/citi-bike-a-nazi-muslim-plot-to-create-a-dresden-on-the-hudson-says-frontpage-mag-writer/ http://observer.com/2013/06/citi-bike-a-nazi-muslim-plot-to-... Editorial board member Dorothy Rabinowitz on New York City’s new bike-share program. http://live.wsj.com/video/opinion-death-by-bicycle/C6D8BBCE-B405-4D3C-A381-4CA50BDD8D4D.html#!C6D8BBCE-B405-4D3C-A381-4CA50BDD8D4D http://live.wsj.com/video/opinion-death-by-bicycle/C6D8BBCE-... "Do not ask me to enter the mind of the totalitarians running this government."

gpvos 13y ago

I've been told that cycling in Paris is a lot safer than in London.

yoran 13y ago
That's because they drive on the left in London!
- SimHacker 13y ago
  But they're phasing in driving on the right in the UK -- first all the lorries, then once everyone gets used to that, the rest of the cars.

SimHacker 13y ago

Citi Bike: A Nazi, Muslim Plot to Create a Dresden-on-the-Hudson, Says Frontpage Mag Writer http://observer.com/2013/06/citi-bike-a-nazi-muslim-plot-to-create-a-dresden-on-the-hudson-says-frontpage-mag-writer/ http://observer.com/2013/06/citi-bike-a-nazi-muslim-plot-to-... Editorial board member Dorothy Rabinowitz on New York City’s new bike-share program. http://live.wsj.com/video/opinion-death-by-bicycle/C6D8BBCE-B405-4D3C-A381-4CA50BDD8D4D.html#!C6D8BBCE-B405-4D3C-A381-4CA50BDD8D4D http://live.wsj.com/video/opinion-death-by-bicycle/C6D8BBCE-... "Do not ask me to enter the mind of the totalitarians running this government."