Sharrows, the bicycle infrastructure that doesn’t work and nobody wants

Re:Sharrows, the bicycle infrastructure that doesn’t work an... by gumby on Sunday December 13, 2020 @04:48PM (#25410659)

Cars took over the bicycle infrastructure; if we had dedicated bike infrastructure as we do for cars I think you'd see things a lot better. Sure there are self-righteous creeps in every subculture, but a lot of the things you see are consequences of adapting to a dangerous environment maladapted for bike use.

Bike infrastructure in a lot of European cities demonstrates that it can work. American drivers are much more polite than European ones yet kill more cyclists per capita.

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Re:Sharrows, the bicycle infrastructure that doesn’t work an... by Symbiote on Sunday December 13, 2020 @09:57PM (#25413036)

> American drivers are much more polite than European ones

I don't know about American drivers, but you certainly shouldn't say e.g. Swedish and French drivers are equally impolite.

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Re:Sharrows, the bicycle infrastructure that doesn’t work an... by gumby on Monday December 14, 2020 @12:23AM (#25413868)

I’ve been equally terrified crossing the street on a Saturday night in Södermalm as in the 6e Arrondissement.

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