On Tuesday, March 13, 2018 at 8:25:36 PM UTC-7, Emanuel Berg wrote:
Frank Krygowski wrote:
They've demonstrated that completely
separated bike facilities cannot be separated
at intersections, where most crashes happen.
And they've pointed out that there can never
be a complete separate system getting
cyclists to every point
In theory - why not?
In practise - difficult
In reality - won't happen as car drivers and
shopkeeper won't accept it as
aggressivity/stress/frustration would be
reduced so much people wouldn't have to buy
meaningless things all the time (or drive to
Yoga class)
I find bicycle traffic stressful. Morning traffic in Portland --
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/2c/bf/90/2...the-bridge.jpg
In reality, though, bike traffic in multi-use facilities can be very stressful and equally stressful as driving in a car -- if not more so.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3147/2...4b6_z.jpg?zz=1
-- Jay Beattie.