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Have any cities made dedicated bike roads? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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It’s really dangerous to ride a bike on the roads in my 3rd world city even walking is dangerous due to bike lanes basically being ignored, motorcycles weaving around traffic, and poor nighttime lighting.

I just thought that dedicated bike/walking only roads connecting the major parts of my city would be a big boost for safety and I think it would greatly reduce the amount of people using cars.

Has this been tried somewhere else? Was it successful?

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[–] 1 point 8 months ago

One of the towns I ride through has a really busy/dense section of the bike & pedestrian trail that splits into a pedestrian only section and a bike only section for 2 miles. The bike section always has people walking on it during the weekends, even when there's plenty of room on the pedestrian side. Most weekends are still rideable, but some days I just ride in the street so it doesn't take half an hour to go 3 miles.

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