Post A8mkAVLCcr9qUcMPTc by Elizafox@mst3k.interlinked.me
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 (DIR) Post #A8mhkAfoe2GsxLJl1k by Elizafox@mst3k.interlinked.me
       2021-06-29T17:15:34Z
       
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       The idea you can "share the road" with a car on a bike or as a pedestrian is madness. No one in their right mind would propose we "share the rail" with trains. I don't understand why city leaders believe this is at all desirable or a substitute for true bike paths.I'd go so far to say cars and pedestrians sharing the same grade (as in level) makes no sense at all, in the same way high speed rail and highways are grade-separated.
       
 (DIR) Post #A8mizogIHN33KsZ77g by Elizafox@mst3k.interlinked.me
       2021-06-29T17:16:28Z
       
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       (The merit of cars is up for debate, I have Opinions™ but I don't wanna get too deep)
       
 (DIR) Post #A8mizpDcHThf0E9j3w by Elizafox@mst3k.interlinked.me
       2021-06-29T17:26:35Z
       
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       The city I live in (Tulsa) has eliminated car lanes and added bike lanes (a positive step), but in a lot of spots as a cyclist you're expected to "share the road" with other traffic. Oftentimes you are "sharing" the road with traffic where the speed limit is 40-50mph (~65-80kph), and you have very small margins to get out of the way (or for them to go around).The legal "fix" is cars are supposed to yield to you. In a country like America, that's a pretty big ask. Cyclists asking for cars to yield in America is like asking Jeff Bezos to pay his taxes like he's supposed to. To be blunt, many of us are entitled ingrates behind the wheel of a car. Anyone who's been a cyclist can tell you that. (In fairness, it does work with ways...)Close some fucking roads and make some bike paths. Crazy concept, I know, but we kinda did it with rails to trails.
       
 (DIR) Post #A8mkAVLCcr9qUcMPTc by Elizafox@mst3k.interlinked.me
       2021-06-29T17:33:07Z
       
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       I do partially take it back: very low traffic roads, very quiet residential ones with room to spare, are fine for share the road. It's low-risk at that point; no one should be going faster than 25mph/40kph on them, and even that's fast for some roads. After all, kids play in the street too. But on higher traffic roads it's madness.
       
 (DIR) Post #A8modzYrkIP2Qz4FHs by dhfir@expired.mentality.rip
       2021-06-29T18:33:11.132505Z
       
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       @Elizafox trolleys would like a word with you.
       
 (DIR) Post #A8nrEeU7SsaKqbPqXg by anahata@tech.lgbt
       2021-06-29T17:18:43Z
       
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       @Elizafox I can summarize how I feel in one pithy sentence: cars are the most singular embodiment of western libertarian individualism that the world has ever seen