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Somerville, Massachusetts. This is what good bike lane design looks like. (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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[–] 47 points 9 months ago (10 children)

You a normal bicycle road in the Netherlands in every town. All equipped with own traffic signs and own traffic lights. Even with broader bicycle expressways cross country between towns.

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Post pics! It's not that I don't believe you, I just want to be more depressed with my country

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  • [–] 20 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

    I'm not the person you're replying to but here's one:

    You can just do an image search for "Netherlands separated cycle lane" to see a bunch more.

    Here are some videos about road design in the Netherlands you might find interesting:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aNtsWvNYKE

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlApbxLz6pA

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1l75QqRR48

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    Thanks, super depressing! Even if we had the design of the second video drivers would pass the white line and crosswalk and wait in the bike lane to make a turn. Or to just stop when going straight. I hate it here

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    and own traffic lights

    To make sure I’m understanding correctly, so many people ride bikes that the bike only lanes need traffic lights? I knew the Netherlands had a reputation as a very bike-heavy culture, but I honestly had no idea bike traffic could get that congested outside events.

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago

    Bike only lanes are often next to car lanes, at crossings there are separate lights for the bike lanes so they either don’t cross at the same time as cars, or they cross together with cars in a direction where the car and bike traffic don’t cross each other.

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