What happens when a city bans cars from its streets?

Re:What happens when a city bans cars from its streets? by Silhouette on Thursday October 17, 2019 @04:42PM (#21286184)

So yes, the bikes would have somewhat more distance between them if they were moving, but that seems fair to me, as the cars would too.

Right. But proportionately, that distance becomes much greater than the size of the vehicles themselves very quickly as speed increases, which makes the comparison based on vehicle size that we see in the photo almost entirely irrelevant in practice.

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Re:What happens when a city bans cars from its streets? by enoch_r on Friday October 18, 2019 @12:20AM (#21288651)

Your claim:

> a bike plus adequate space around it is only a bit smaller than a car with adequate space around it.

Here is an example photo from a recent organized bike ride in my city:

https://images.app.goo.gl/S1Nh8d7zqfSEzqmH7

Here is another:

https://images.app.goo.gl/6hh7NAMtEFPZZyKA9

It's quite hard for me to square these images (not to mention my own experiences riding bikes) with your assertion.

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Re:What happens when a city bans cars from its streets? by Silhouette on Friday October 18, 2019 @05:42AM (#21289907)

But everyday cycling around a city doesn't look anything like an organised mass bike ride. Not everyone is an experienced cyclist. There isn't a predetermined route and there are no marshals to direct the riders around it. Different riders will be going in all sorts of different directions. The roads probably won't be cleared of other traffic. Junctions and other traffic controls will be operating normally.

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