"This can only end well," said anyone who has ever ridden a bike through traffic, ever.

The sub header of the article describes it best.

“This can only end well,” said anyone who has ever ridden a bike through traffic, ever

  • numbscroll@kbin.social
    163·
    11 months ago

    I trust the Dutch with this design, bikes are treated as priority with a lot of respect. Not the same in the US… and in this test, I especially wouldn’t trust college town kids and local drivers who asked for (and got) additional parking on the same street.

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      11 months ago

      You never arrive at your destination unless you start moving towards it. Knock it off with the defeatist American exceptionalism.

      • numbscroll@kbin.social
        11·
        11 months ago

        I’m going to assume positive intent and not the hostile tone “knock it off” reads like to me.

        True… roundabouts took some time but are pretty prevalent now in my region and people have gotten used to them. I don’t think the US shouldn’t try things, just pointing out a difference in culture and attitude towards cars & bikes in the US compared to Dutch. I also don’t think a college town is the right place to test something like this, maybe I’m wrong and discounting younger drivers too heavily.