More people riding bikes makes cycling safer for everyone, major new study finds

Re:More people riding bikes makes cycling safer for everyone... by c-cube on Saturday August 05, 2017 @04:32PM (#14937747)

> I believe that there will eventually be something like a smart safe city where 2000+ pounds vehicles to not freely mix with pedestrians, cyclists, and baby strollers.

I think it's called Amsterdam ;-) More seriously, I went there recently and it's amazing how natural cycling is, everyone uses a bike, there are trams, and cars are clearly second-rate citizens in most of the city. An additional side effect of that is that everyone seems to be fit and healthy…

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Re:More people riding bikes makes cycling safer for everyone... by nsgi on Saturday August 05, 2017 @04:38PM (#14937777)

Unfortunately the cycle lanes in Amsterdam are also used by scooters which often illegally go much faster than bikes and emit more carbon monoxide than cars.

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Re:More people riding bikes makes cycling safer for everyone... by mcv on Saturday August 05, 2017 @05:16PM (#14937953)

There's a bizarre exception for two-stroke engines in our emission regulations. I don't understand why. Electric scooters and e-bikes are a perfectly valid alternative, if clean 2-stroke engines aren't possible.

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Re:More people riding bikes makes cycling safer for everyone... by akvadrako on Saturday August 05, 2017 @05:13PM (#14937935)

They will likely be pushed off the lanes within a couple years.

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Re:More people riding bikes makes cycling safer for everyone... by eggie5 on Saturday August 05, 2017 @04:55PM (#14937845)

Yes they are very smelly

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