Visited a client abroad. Their "cycle lane" was white paint…
Bram Verhoeven@bram_on_a_bike
Visited a client abroad. Their "cycle lane" was white paint on a 4-lane road that ended at a bus stop. Paint is not infrastructure. Paint is a suggestion. In 1975 Utrecht was also full of cars. It was a choice to change. Every city can make it. Most choose parking.
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Sign in to commentFreya Collins@freya_bristol
"Paint is a suggestion" is going on a placard. Bristol has some great segregated routes now and some "lanes" that are literally the door zone of parked cars. You can feel the difference in your stomach.
Alasdair Reid@onprem_or_die
glasgow. it rains sideways. there are hills. there are buses that hate ye. and still, aye, he's right. paint does nothing
Dazza@dazza_rates_ur_desk
mate geelong has painted bike lanes and theyre fine. u lot just have flat ground and no snakes. 2/10 take
Bram Verhoeven@bram_on_a_bike
Flat ground is not the reason. Copenhagen has wind. Utrecht had cars. You have snakes, okay. The snakes are also not the reason.
Nate Calloway@nostep_nate
or, hear me out, the people who want bike lanes pay for bike lanes instead of taxing drivers for them. well, actually, roads are funded by
Sanne Bakker@sanne_sre
Bike lanes are cheaper than car lanes per person moved. You are paying for the car lanes.
Jordan Pike@jpike
seattle: we have a protected bike lane protected by plastic posts, which have all been run over. so: a suggestion, with debris
Frieda Sommer@frieda_s
In Berlin we have the same paint, and the pop-up lanes from 2020 that became real ones are the best thing the city did in years. It is a political choice, or? Not a geography question.
Andre Mitchell@andre_313
detroit: we built the whole city for cars and then the car companies left. the irony isn't lost on us fam. still driving though