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Re:Ami, a tiny cube on wheels that French 14-year-olds can d... by fock on Saturday September 12, 2020 @08:39AM (#24451968)
I don't think, building bike lanes in dense cities is hard. A bit of Jersey wall, some signs, single lane traffic for cars. You save a lot of pothole repairs soon!
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Re:Ami, a tiny cube on wheels that French 14-year-olds can d... by Chris2048 on Saturday September 12, 2020 @12:53PM (#24453736)
> A bit of Jersey wall, some signs, single lane traffic for cars

How much do you imagine that costs?

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Re:Ami, a tiny cube on wheels that French 14-year-olds can d... by adrianN on Saturday September 12, 2020 @02:25PM (#24454344)
A lot less than infrastructure for cars. For example, upgrading the A8 autobahn in Germany costs 71000€ per meter.
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Re:Ami, a tiny cube on wheels that French 14-year-olds can d... by Chris2048 on Sunday September 13, 2020 @12:26PM (#24461911)
Which may be appropriate for an exceptional piece of infrastructure capable of hosting heavy vehicles as well as cars.

If you are going to compare "infrastructure" then you have to compare everything, including how many people benefit - everyone who shops at a supermarket benefits from the road system even if they own no vehicle.

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