Currently living in Shanghai. The bike lanes are often so big that cars could drive on them, and often separated by flowerpots from the actual roads. The biggest downside to driving a bike here are the motorcycle drivers, they constantly honk and drive like crazy. But shared bikes are everywhere, and I paid like 13¥ for a month of using them as much as I like. So it’s very convenient and extremely cheap.
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Good to hear that such an enormous city has decent biking infrastructure. It really saves on car usage.
It’s crazy because China has essentially created public transit infrastructure that is everything western transit nerds want. All the discourse about more trains, denser development, multimodal transit, accessible transit etc. has already happened in some Chinese cities. Still lots of problems (e.g. aggregate traffic fatalities), but it’s incredible stuff getting done.
Flat. Together with The Netherlands probably the best in the world (I live in Belgium). There are several cycling 'highways' near my house which can take me to different cities in no time.
In the city it's a bit more dangerous but that's mostly because of cars.
In Indian cities, you are only expected to use a bicycle if you are too poor to afford a car or a motorcycle. Roads are crafted using only cars and other heavy vehicles (trucks, etc.) in mind. The result is that there is no separation between car space and bike/pedestrian space, and if you walking or using a bike, you stick to the edges of the roads and hope that some careless driver does not turn you into roadkill.
I am very uncomfortable when I walk for this reason. I am not too afraid or paranoid but having to watch for cars or even motorcycles at all times is really exhausting especially considering that people drive in the wrong lane very often here. I don't bike because if the distance I have to travel warrants a bicycle I will just take the car instead.
Over the last five years or so there has been an emergence in hobbyist biking. I saw think in one of the bigger cities during a visit. By hobbyist, I mean relatively well-off people (mostly men) buying expensive bikes, biking attire and biking for the sake of it, often as an exercise. But they still have to contend with cars for road space so I don't know why they do it. Sounds unfun. I would rather go to a nice park and jog instead but even clean green public spaces are a rarity. But that's just how things are when infrastructure is designed for capital rather than human .
I don’t live there but I came to complain about how Bentonville, Arkansas (where walmart is headquartered) is one of the friendliest places for cyclers in the US. Why? Because one of the heirs to the walmart fortune likes cycling. Nothing says freedom like billionaires planning your economy based around their personal hobbies!
I wear a a suicide vest so that if I get hit by a car (highly likely) I’m taking both of us out.
Realistically, where I am currently biking is impossible. You will die.
20 minutes away by car is an extremely progressive city that I love to bike in and can get anywhere I want in 15-30 minutes tops.
There are plenty of bike lanes in Denmark
Not bad. There's dedicated or shared bike paths that follow most major freeways, highways and train lines. Drivers on the whole are surprisingly courteous. Dedicated bike lanes are a bit hit and miss, depending on local council. Some suburbs they're nonexistent, but most have them clearly marked on major roads, some even have physical barriers. So, could be worse. Could be better, but could be a lot worse.
Infrastructure is great but a lot of the time it’s windy and wet and I don’t enjoy it but I still do it for the practicality
Dangerous. Roads are simply not designed for bikes. The only attempts made for bikes over the decades, have been jokes at best.
very hilly and windy, and on a good day my ride to the grocery store takes 20 minutes there, 20 minutes back give or take. ride to work takes 30 sometimes but with the wind and hills sometimes 35.
Only for recreation unfortunately. There's barely any infrastructure for actually getting around. I miss the city where I grew up since I could get around on a bike very easily.
Fairly hilly, sometimes snowy for half the year, both annoying but manageable. Infrastructure is excellent for recreational biking but quite mediocre for commuter biking and running errands.