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A comment on Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law. Parent comment

Re:Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law by nicwolff on Friday April 12, 2019 @03:56PM (#19648422)
"I almost get hit" – so, you don't get hit? Once or twice a year you get... startled?

In NYC in 2017, cars injured 10561 pedestrians and 4397 cyclists, and killed 106 pedestrians and 24 cyclists. Cyclists injured 315 pedestrians and killed one. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/bicycle-crash-data...

In NYC in 2016, cars injured 10775 pedestrians and 4592 cyclists, and killed 148 pedestrians and 18 cyclists. Cyclists injured 311 pedestrians and killed none at all. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/bicycle-crash-data...

So the "different" thing that bicyclists see about cycling is that it's much less hazardous to pedestrians.

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Re:Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law by loco5niner on Monday April 15, 2019 @12:19PM (#19666469)
Interesting that you chose to phrase it "cars injured...cyclists" and never "cyclists struck cars" as if it was never the cyclists fault.
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