We must ban assault bikes.
Eco-fascists.
Bicycles kill more people a day than riffles.
Motorists hate pedestrians.
Pedestrians hate motorists.
But everyone hates bicyclists.
Piano wire. Neck high.
ok, I don’t get it - I lived in NYC 2006-2008 and traffic was insane, and since 2010 I’ve lived in Warsaw, Poland.
Warsaw has implemented miles of bicycle paths - bikes are supposed to use those paths alone, or, if unavailable, the roads. No pavements.
We have great public transport, and if you want, you can rent bicycles (50 cent an hour) or electric scooters or mopeds.
We don’t have so many bicycle accidents with bicyclists hitting civilians - in fact I’ve heard of just 1 in the past 3 years and that was an injury. No deaths.
Perhaps the key is a civil society?
Having recently been in Amsterdam, the problem there is an order of magnitude worse. I worked in Manhattan for years and bikes are a pain, but not really a big deal. In Amsterdam, holy moly, watch out, you WILL be run over.
Most of the other bike riders, including those who use the citibikes, are decent, law-abiding people. I don't like bikes in the city, I don't think they have a place there. But let's not tar everybody who rides a bike there.
No reason for motorcycles not to be allowed on any surface used by bicyclists and for the same laws to pertain to both. I’d ban bicycles from anywhere that an auto could be cited for “slow moving vehicle”. You wouldn’t let grandma cruise up a two lane highway at 5mph. Why a bike?