Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law

Re:Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law by amalcon on Thursday April 11, 2019 @02:22PM (#19637577)

> Note that bicyclists and skateboarders also slow down busses, which are what lower income people use to get around.

Bicyclists are substantially faster than downtown buses (due to stop frequency). It seems unlikely that they are slowing down the buses very much. Push skateboarders use the sidewalk; electric skateboarders move at the same speed as bicyclists.

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Re:Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law by atoav on Thursday April 11, 2019 @03:06PM (#19638073)

As somebody who took buses regularily at one point in his live I can assure you that the most slowdown I experienced was due to cars. It rarely ever happens that a cyclist is sustancially slowing down a bus.

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Re:Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law by JohnFen on Thursday April 11, 2019 @04:50PM (#19639059)

Indeed. I am always faster than the bus. And, in the city, bicycling is usually faster than driving.

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