Re:We Need to Dream Bigger Than Bike Lanes
by bkor on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @04:59AM
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> As a walker I hate walking in Belgium or Berlin, where you have to share the sidewalks with bikes that usually go high speed
> Bikes should share roads with cars, they have wheels, they are not pedestrian friends.
Biking is its own thing. You have walking speed, cycling speed, moped speed (or quick electric bikes), car speed. There are different speeds between them. They should NOT share the same space!
Further, the bike lane should NOT be some crappy paint on the pedestrian path. It should be an obvious difference to any other form of transport.
Having bikes which go 10-15 km/h share the same infrastructure as 45-55km/h just makes the accidents and the severity of the accidents go up like crazy.
> Bikes should share roads with cars, they have wheels, they are not pedestrian friends.
Biking is its own thing. You have walking speed, cycling speed, moped speed (or quick electric bikes), car speed. There are different speeds between them. They should NOT share the same space!
Further, the bike lane should NOT be some crappy paint on the pedestrian path. It should be an obvious difference to any other form of transport.
Having bikes which go 10-15 km/h share the same infrastructure as 45-55km/h just makes the accidents and the severity of the accidents go up like crazy.