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Re:Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to invest... by lupusreal on Monday March 18, 2024 @12:24PM (#39746518)
Seconding this. American cyclists are extremely rude to pedestrians. Whenever somebody brings this up, cyclists dismiss it by pointing out that cars kill more pedestrians than bikes. Well that's certainly true, but I've never had cars yell at me for walking on the sidewalk or over a crosswalk, while cyclists have hurled abuse and (deliberate) near misses at me more times than I can count.
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Re:Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to invest... by alistairSH on Monday March 18, 2024 @12:35PM (#39746672)
And a driver assaulted me with his car last week (I was on a bike in a "sharrow" lane). Almost put me into the ditch, and when I didn't fall, he proceeded to brake-check me.

I've had food thrown at me by motorists when I'm in dedicated bike lanes.

I've been buzzed by trucks and buses while in bike lanes.

I see cars regularly use the bike lane outside my house to make aggressive passes of slower auto traffic.

Pedestrians have been killed crossing the streets near my house. All by cars, not bicycles.

Cars regularly kill animals. And not just squirrels, but raptors and fox and other predators we don't want to lose.

And on and on. We all have our anecdotes. The answer is dedicated infrastructure for a range of transportation.

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Re:Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to invest... by SamBam on Monday March 18, 2024 @12:43PM (#39746771)
> but I've never had cars yell at me for walking ... over a crosswalk

You don't live in Boston, I see.

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Re:Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to invest... by lupusreal on Monday March 18, 2024 @02:03PM (#39747755)
True, I don't. I recognize that driver and pedestrian culture are very different indifferent cities. However a significant number of cyclists seem to hate pedestrians everywhere I've gone.

To the other responder, I agree that cars are frequently assholes to cyclists, but how is that relevant to cyclists abusing pedestrians?

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Re:Paris cycling numbers double in one year thanks to invest... by PawgerZ on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @10:38AM (#39756173)
You have. They're just cussing you out in their cars, where you can't hear them.
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