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minus-squarehuginnlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·8 months agoYes, hundreds of miles in a year connecting disparate lanes into a cohesive network. Meanwhile NYC failed to put in 50 miles then immediately swept it under the rug and abandoned the plan.
minus-squareUranium3006@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months agoI’ve heard NYC had a good cycling culture. what’s it like on the ground there?
minus-squarehuginnlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·8 months agoIt’s improving but there are too many bicycle gutters (“share rows”) and our network has a lot of really risky exchanges that you have to cross to get back into protected paths. Cyclists are regularly killed in the city by drivers.
Yes, hundreds of miles in a year connecting disparate lanes into a cohesive network.
Meanwhile NYC failed to put in 50 miles then immediately swept it under the rug and abandoned the plan.
I’ve heard NYC had a good cycling culture. what’s it like on the ground there?
It’s improving but there are too many bicycle gutters (“share rows”) and our network has a lot of really risky exchanges that you have to cross to get back into protected paths.
Cyclists are regularly killed in the city by drivers.