Re:A New Bike Lane That Could Save Lives and Make Cycling Mo...
by bane on Monday June 23, 2014 @01:11AM
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I don't have to rebuild every major piece of transport infrastructure to support electric cars.
Social issues refer to body odor my bike riding colleagues carry around with them all day because our workplace doesn't have a shower.
Re:A New Bike Lane That Could Save Lives and Make Cycling Mo...
by andrewliebchen on Monday June 23, 2014 @02:03AM
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We tear up and rebuild roads all the time. As we do, it's not that big of a deal to give more consideration to other modes of transit.
Re:A New Bike Lane That Could Save Lives and Make Cycling Mo...
by alphapapa on Monday June 23, 2014 @06:04AM
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Buildings don't move themselves.
Re:A New Bike Lane That Could Save Lives and Make Cycling Mo...
by andrewliebchen on Monday June 23, 2014 @10:58PM
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There's plenty of width in most roads, save for some narrow places you find in the older cities in the Northeast and Atlantic coasts.
The article discussed in this thread brings up one suggestion for overcoming practical issues. There are many, many more (proven) solutions to choose from -- when you make bicycle transportation pleasant enough, people will start using it.
If the "social issues" you talk about are because there's a group of people who thinks transportation by bicycle is uncivilized, I think it is a matter of education and tolerance. Once using bikes is common in a country, you will see that the only social issues are about people having unjustified fears (about the implications of considering bicycles as a method of transportation during city planning) and there are no real social issues other than people being dicks.