• DarkThoughts@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    Are there some examples where critical mass actually caused some change? I see them ride every now and then but I don’t really see anything happening as a result. It just seems to be getting ignored.

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      2 months ago

      Ten years after critical mass protests in my city we have a lot (and I mean a lot) more pavements and bike roads (between pedestrian pavements and streets). I manage to get to my work in approximately the same time as with bus along with hundreds of fellow bikers.

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        2 months ago

        (Not in US) just 20 minutes ago I had to drive in the bike lane.

        It’s not my fault though, the city also marked it as the turning lane.

        If I didn’t drive in the bike lane to make a turn, I would have been ticketed.

        Yes, there were traffic enforcers standing at that corner. (During rush hour, they are everywhere.)

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      2 months ago

      Honestly Milan is not really bike friendly (even if sloooowly getting better), that’s why we need this kind of demonstrations