• Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s a negative feedback loop. Worse interchanges -> less people biking -> less reason to have bike. friendly interchanges -> worse interchanges

    I live in the Netherlands, and I firmly believe we just got very lucky that we liked biking so much. Our biggest political party for the past few years has been a car focussed party. But because so many people cycle, they couldn’t just not account for them.

    • j4k3@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I was a hardcore commuter in the Los Angeles area from 2009-2014. This is one of the most bike friendly places in the USA and it is definitely not safe here. I was hit 6 times while commuting. The last one left me partially disabled. It is a culture problem here. All of my major crashes were from driveways and illegal u-turns. I think the only solution here is forced awareness. Every time I was hit it was an incompetent and unaware idiot driver and completely preventable. This should be just like a DUI with a mandatory fine and loss of license for a year. That kind of consequence would force a reasonable cultural awareness and responsible driving.

      • TheRealLinga@sh.itjust.works
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        Wait… it sounds like you’re saying drivers get less of a consequence if they hit a pedestrian on a bicycle than if they got a dui. Tell me that’s not true! Please?