• Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    We don’t need any knew infrastructure, we just need to get cars out of the way.

    That article speaks to my soul!

    Just this past weekend, I rode about 70km each way to see my folks, across 6 or 7 municipalities.

    I made it there in about 2.5 hours, across some pretty sketch “not high speed roads, but cars were going high speed anyway”, with much of that having no cycling infrastructure (or shoulders).

    What frustrated me most wasn’t the asshole who punished passed me (pickup truck, of course), or the BMW driver who stopped on a raised, protected bike lane to pick up a passenger, but the amount of time I spent at red lights. Over 40 minutes each way!

    Had there been a highway for bikes, or even just priority bike intersections, this trip would have taken no time.

    Cars suck for everyone!