“Studies have shown that sharrows don’t actually provide any real safety benefits for #cyclists”
“The problem was and continues to be that some jurisdictions use them instead of #bikelanes because they are so easy to install. Not to mention, car drivers just don’t seem to pay attention at all anyway”
“So, what’s the alternative? The best #bicycle #infrastructure for safe #cycling is dedicated #bikelanes that provide physical separation between #cyclists and vehicles” https://momentummag.com/sharrows-used-to-make-sense-in-theory-but-are-now-useless-in-practice/

“Studies have shown that sharrows don’t actually provide any real safety benefits for #cyclists”
“The problem was and continues to be that some jurisdictions use them instead of #bikelanes because they are so easy to install. Not to mention, car drivers just don’t seem to pay attention at all anyway”
“So, what’s the alternative? The best #bicycle #infrastructure for safe #cycling is dedicated #bikelanes that provide physical separation between #cyclists and vehicles” https://momentummag.com/sharrows-used-to-make-sense-in-theory-but-are-now-useless-in-practice/

Here's an idea.

Instead of spending billions on fancy new roads, the government should actually consider REMOVING some of the big roads from our cities as well as building more bike lanes and public transport.

Throughout the United States – the original car country – there is a growing movement to remove selected sections of motorways from city centres.

It's seen as a way to restore life and vitality and has numerous benefits, including:

✅ Eliminating a physical and psychological barrier that divides city neighborhoods

✅ Opening up land for redevelopment of housing and green space

✅ Providing direct access to city businesses by restoring transport networks friendly for people and bikes instead of just cars

✅ Removing eyesores that take away from a city’s character

#nzpol #bikelanes #transport #urbanism

Here's an idea.

Instead of spending billions on fancy new roads, the government should actually consider REMOVING some of the big roads from our cities as well as building more bike lanes and public transport.

Throughout the United States – the original car country – there is a growing movement to remove selected sections of motorways from city centres.

It's seen as a way to restore life and vitality and has numerous benefits, including:

✅ Eliminating a physical and psychological barrier that divides city neighborhoods

✅ Opening up land for redevelopment of housing and green space

✅ Providing direct access to city businesses by restoring transport networks friendly for people and bikes instead of just cars

✅ Removing eyesores that take away from a city’s character

#nzpol #bikelanes #transport #urbanism

I was cycling to work this morning, stopped at a red light, noticed a dark thing flying, almost got sucked into the engine of a massive truck. But then seconds later it fluttered towards me and landed on my knee... Look at this gorgeous thing!

I don't know much about butterflies, so I looked up this one and it's a male Eastern-tailed Blue Butterfly, a common butterfly species across North America.

#bikeTO #toronto #bikelanes #cycling#climateAction #biodiversity #butterfly

"No one will use bike lanes in winter"

#bikenyc #BikeTooter #nyc #bikelanes

Update on this: the bike barriers were installed and we used them to safely bike to a restaurant this weekend! There were four barrier art variants that were envisioned to be installed in a 1-2-3-4 order so their designs would flow into each other. Sadly that absolutely was not done by the installation crew lmao but oh well, they still look nice.

#Atlanta #BikeTooter #Urbanism #BikeLanes