News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Guerrilla Bike Lanes: San Francisco Makes Illicit Infrastructure Permanent. Parent comment

Re:Guerrilla Bike Lanes: San Francisco Makes Illicit Infrast... by Manuel_D on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @03:18PM (#50370918)
Why would cycling infrastructure reduce pedestrian incidents? They'd presumably decrease cyclist collisions.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Guerrilla Bike Lanes: San Francisco Makes Illicit Infrast... by cyberax on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @04:06PM (#50371522)
The infrastructure sabotage was done as a part of the Zero Vision program, that included both pedestrian and bike safety. It achieved neither.

> And since cycling has increased ~25% over the same time frame

The percentage of bike commutes in Seattle is in the noise, around 2-3% of the non-remote-work commutes. So the data is too noisy for any reasonable statistical significance.

For example, this year was deadly with 4 cyclist deaths (to date). In 2024 there were no cyclist deaths.

[ Parent | on HN ]