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Re:The Economics of Bike Lanes by bkor on Monday October 24, 2011 @05:09PM (#3151597)
That almost never happens in my country. Streets with bike lanes are very common. Sometimes a truck might stop where it shouldn't for 1-2 min, but they'll be fined if noticed.

Streets with bike lanes are way faster in my experience. But I'm also used to dedicated bike lanes.

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Re:The Economics of Bike Lanes by jarek on Monday October 24, 2011 @06:57PM (#3151998)
You are lucky. My cycle to work (downtown Toronto, Canada) is in all fairness rather relaxed (bike lane 80% of the way, largely non-arterial street), but it is a rare day when I don't have to leave the bike lane at least once for a stopped delivery vehicle or truck. Best part? Any tickets they may get are waived if they go to the transportation department and prove they were on delivery. Apparently it's the city's way of being business-friendly.
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