- squeakycat ( @squeakycat@lemmy.ml ) 28•7 months ago
I’ve known enough people that have gotten injured or died from cars that I am also against them. However, I go the other way and heavily encourage building more, separate bike paths. Fuck cars.
- bermuda ( @bermuda@beehaw.org ) English24•7 months ago
As always, paint is not infrastructure. What we need is bike lanes that are actually, physically separated from the road. While I’ve seen a pretty optimistic share of drivers not drive in the bike lane, there’s still an unfortunately high amount of people who gladly will.
- 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍 ( @sxan@midwest.social ) 15•7 months ago
Completely agree. Also, sharing the road with cars just sucks on general: noise, smell, sudden gusts of wind.
I really love what the Minneapolis area did. There used to be railroad lines all over the place around here, and many of them have been turned into walking/bike highways, connecting a vast network of off-street (separated by grass) paved paths. I can ride from my house in the burbs to the co-op in the local town and be on streets only through my neighborhood to get to the nearest rail-trail. It’s only 8 miles to the store, but still - entirely off street, dedicated walking/bike paths.
It’s one of the things I love most about this place, and coming from the Philadelphia region, it’s a little awe-inspiring.
- Neato ( @Neato@ttrpg.network ) English7•7 months ago
Yeah. I always try to check when crossing bike lanes but we need the ones that have a physical barrier b/t the roadway and bike lanes.
- averyminya ( @averyminya@beehaw.org ) 13•7 months ago
I don’t like bike lanes either. For the same reason I don’t like driving.
Cause you can’t trust another driver. As others mentioned, proper infrastructure would make bike “lanes” a thing of the past. Where I live we have multiple bike-trails that go through the city but IMO it’s still only partially decent enough, because every 1.5 blocks is a crosswalk, so you’re risking it going over 15mph (slightly faster than a casual biking speed) or wavering your speed between 6 and 15. Which is fine but seems to defeat the purpose of having a trail specifically for bikes.