• Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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    24 days ago

    Yeah. So do pedestrians. Have you seen the stats in the US? People need to get around, whether it is safe or not.

    When there are lots of cyclists on the road, it makes all cyclists (indeed, all road users) safer. Eventually it forces drivers to see roads a shared space for everyone, whether or not they agree with that politically.

    There’s no reason speed limits on streets people walk and bike on need to be so high. There’s no reason motorists should be allowed to operate what’s basically heavy machinery in public. There are reasons it is not safe that have nothing to do with the inherent safety of cycling.

    • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
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      26 days ago

      Nothing of what you said makes sense of Forrester’s opposition to building dedicated cycling infrastructure - and pedestrian infrastructure.

      Many cyclists doesn’t change their squishiness.

      We cannot reasonably roll back the dominance of the car with an attitude of “just ride your bike in the road”. That only leads to resentment, opposition, and dead people.