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Fuck your existing lanes and fuck your 1.5-tonne beasts. Make some space, it won't fucking kill you.

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[–] DMCMNFIBFFF@lemmy.world 15 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Bike lanes might help insure this.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Yes, that would be awesome

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 9 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think they provide insurance, but I do think that's what the previous commenter was saying it'd ensure. You're most likely in agreement.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

You just need to properly segregate them

There's no reason for bike lanes to be side by side car roads. Bikes don't need the same level of turn rate or intersections at all

Like my commuter road in oslo takes me about 30 minutes, and is only next to the road for a km or two. Even then it's not in the road, but on an elevated track next to it. Most of the time it's an entirely separate route, shared with pedestrians.

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

shared with pedestrians

Ugh this isn't entirely related, but as someone who walks a lot, I hate these. If you're already building infrastructure, why not separate it.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

It's wide roads, the optimal is obviousely dedicated bike routes, but you really can't make pedestrians not walk on them

The best they can do is like, paint them up with a bike section and a pedestrian section.

Honestly it's not been an issue so far

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 hours ago

"Paint is not infrastructure" is a catchy tagline

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 13 hours ago

I think that’s their point.