Comment by moomin
3 days ago
People undoubtedly said this was not realistic in many car-clogged European cities before some actually did it. “Realism” here is just a measure of the current number of votes you have for making things better.
3 days ago
People undoubtedly said this was not realistic in many car-clogged European cities before some actually did it. “Realism” here is just a measure of the current number of votes you have for making things better.
It helps to replace ‘realistic’ with ‘palatable’, which at least conveys the issue more precisely as one of desirability rather than capability. Most U.S. voters for someone who interferes with drivers on behalf of non-drivers.
Streets are narrower in Europe. It should be easier in the US.
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Alost all major cities France. Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Lille, Strasbourg. Should I go on?
Copenhagen seems to have figured it out.
... Are you claiming that there are few or no European cities with extensive separated bike lanes or something?
There is Copenhagen. And Dutch cities. I don't know if there are any other European cities with extensive separated bike lanes. Valencia has some bike lanes but I wouldn't call them extensive. Only 143 kilometers versus 515 kilometers in Amsterdam, which has a similar population.
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