Europe’s cities are making less room for cars after coronavirus

Re:Europe’s cities are making less room for cars after coron... by simongray on Sunday April 26, 2020 @02:45AM (#22985092)

> Also, what happens if it rains?

I'm from Copenhagen. Almost two thirds of us use our bikes to get around. The weather is incredibly shifty on this island and during autumn and winter it rains pretty much every day. Not always all day, but there's a high chance it will rain during your daily commute.

So what do all the people here do? To cope with the weather we have developed advanced technology that negates the effects of rain. It's called: the raincoat.

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Re:Europe’s cities are making less room for cars after coron... by paganel on Sunday April 26, 2020 @10:36AM (#22987436)

Not all of Europe is Copengahen when it comes to climate, quite the contrary (even though that is very hard to understand even for some of the people I talk to here in Bucharest). Not sure about how rain manifests itself in Milan but summer rains here in Bucharest can be quite the thing, one minute you're minding your own business and two minutes later you can soaking wet if you had dared stay in said summer rain for too long. Something like this [1] or this [2]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYtYcV-S_0M

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e4dxzpZCZ0

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Re:Europe’s cities are making less room for cars after coron... by simongray on Sunday April 26, 2020 @11:42AM (#22987920)

There's plenty of heavy showers during summer in Denmark too.

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