• M500@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    I would love it if my city had bike only days. Or at least specific bike route that do not allow cars.

    I don’t live in the us and there is a major road in my city that has a bike lane, but they just split one of the car lanes so there is a bike lane, half a lane for a car, and a full lane.

    So cars have no choice but to drive in the bike lane. It’s also between the cars and a place with tons of right turns.

    In addition to this, the city has some of the worst traffic in the world short distances can take hours. But it’s too dangerous to ride a bike.

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      11 months ago

      but they just split one of the car lanes so there is a bike lane, half a lane for a car, and a full lane.

      This is brilliant. Imagine their surprise when cars did not shrink to accommodate the change.

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        11 months ago

        Yeah! I just started driving in the country and stuff like that’s been really confusing for me. I feel bad, but there really is nowhere else to drive and merging is really hard due to all the motorcycles swerving around.

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      11 months ago

      IIRC Bogotá did this and might still do it. They were called cyclovias or something similar