How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets
2mon 13d ago by slrpnk.net/u/silence7 in urbanism@slrpnk.net from www.theguardian.com
That's incredible. I wish cities in the US would do stuff like this too - it's so terrifying to ride a bike where I live even inside the bike lanes because so few cars even acknowledge the bike lanes. I would go for more walks with my dog if there were less cars too, both he and I are sensitive to loud sounds like engines
it’s so terrifying to ride a bike where I live even inside the bike lanes because so few cars even acknowledge the bike lanes.
We need those in charge of policies to recognize that paint isn't infrastructure. Every time I see a new "bike lane" painted on a road I just think its a cheap cop out.
Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance
It's a partisan paper. With very selected pictures that show only... nice situations. It's not like that everywhere in Paris, far from it.
As a Parisian and as a pedestrian, I'm very unhappy with the 'bike' situation because of the way electric bikes and scooters (I don't know the English word for our French 'trotinettes') have invaded sidewalks making it a real danger to just, you know, be walking.
Not only do we have to worry when we want to cross a street, because of the cars (and more and more because of the bikes that consider traffic lights do not apply to them), but we now also have to constantly be on the lookout (even looking behind our back, and keep in mind we, pedestrians, have no rear mirrors) when we are simply walking on the sidewalk because of those electrical bikes and scooters. I insist on the 'electric' part as they're the ones causing most troubles, not people pedaling or pushing their scooter.
Sorry, It probably wont be a popular comment but it is a comment from someone that has been living in Paris for the last 27 years and that have not owned a car in over 26 years, someone that loves the idea of giving back the streets to bikes... Just not the way we are now forced to "share" (there is nos haring happening, they will rush through the crowd) our effing sidewalks. Sidewalks are the only space pedestrians can safely use in town, ffs.
That's a social responsibility problem, not a bike problem though
I have a hard time understanding what you mean? Bike are not beings, they are no problem, nor is a hammer, it always is the people using them, right?
Yeah it's idiots doing idiotic things. I'd rather have them doing idiotic things on bikes and scooters than cars.
Agreed, but accidents still are accidents 'sometimes with dramatic consequences). And excusing idiocy or idiotic behavior because it happens on a bike is not a good idea: it the same idiocy with the same sad consequences. Like I said, the tool is not the issue, how a person is using it is.