u/Rahi1994

Paris has changed a lot in the last decade, for the better.
Less noise, less cars and less pollution.

I was wondering if your city is doing the same.

If not, what is stopping it ?

I lost a little more faith in humanity while walking toward this ridiculous thing, and I gained it all back immediately after seeing how the neighborhood responded.

i felt so safe riding my bike everywhere! i even took a train to a random town and noticed it had incredible bike lanes too separated from traffic. what?!

East New York. Schenck Ave. 2026.

So, they are painting after repaving. They are putting in the same shitty sharrow and no daylighting at the corners (entering a park). I had a half ounce of hope we would get a better bike lane (north and south). A PBL ideally. And, daylighting at this corner, in particular.

I will remind everyone that the 1st photo is a couple hundred feet where a boy was killed by an ice cream truck driver while riding his bike (in 2020). Dragged almost a full block before the driver stopped.

Just a reminder to everyone; different mayor/commissioner, same shit. At least in East New York.

They are doing a bunch of repaving around here. This is the first of the paint I am seeing. I don’t really have any hope they have any safety improvements planned.
@streetsblog

First time in NYC, first time doing this event. 🤙🏼#rideon

The event was organized by Sofia Municipality and Sofia - European capital of sport. The route was 18km long and I saw so many people with kids having a blast!

Photos by Sketches of Sofia (and last one is mine)

As per usual, Chicago cops are above the law.

I don’t have any of these types of bike lanes in the city that I live in, but they look nice. The bike lanes we have are just painted lines, which can still get very dicey when drivers forget that their car shouldn’t pass the white lines.

These types of bike lanes would be amazing to have and would make it so much safer to ride places, but how does a city implement such a thing while also having on street parking?

Most bike lanes we have are on two way streets, and on streets that cross many people’s driveways. It’s very common for people to park their cars on the road, so I find it difficult to imagine a use case for curb protected bike lanes.

Do you have these in your city? Does your city still have on street parking? Is it possible to have both in residential areas?

My husband and I have the great fortune of having a commute that is 99% bike trail. His work is on the bike trail and mine is just a block from the trail past his office so we can commute together! 10 miles one way and it’s absolutely lovely. Waiting for my backpack to arrive so I can commute with my dog too if he gets too tired I’ll have a bag to put him I.

A couple weeks ago someone posted their Bullitt X doing Bullitt X things and there was discussion of how their costs approach that of a used older truck.

My other ride is a 20 year old paid off Volvo sedan. Hard to bring a new grill or freezer or anything else home from Lowe’s with it, instead of replacing my car with a truck or SUV I built out a Bullitt X frameset. Definitely close to a used truck but so much more fun to ride and use for curbside Lowe’s pickup orders 🤣

Here’s my dual Grin FH/RH212 hub motor picking up 6 bags of wet mulch, conduit, cpvc, and a couple bags of electric and plumbing odds and ends (stashed in the trailer) this morning.