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The objections are kind of infuriating to listen to:

“They’re necessary, however, it doesn’t hurt to review what goes on with bike lanes and the money that is spent on them,” Hatcher says. “The reason why I say that is if you look downtown, for instance on Rainnie Drive, if you ever had to evacuate the city for a short term or an event downtown or what we do, it wouldn’t hurt to look at the traffic congestion.

Sigh. In an emergency evacuation or event, car traffic is what would be the most problematic.

“I don’t see that many people riding them. These thousand a day, I don’t know where they’re at. Not anywhere I see,” says De Angelis, who believes they pose a safety concern.

First, unless this person is watching all the bike lanes 24/7, of course she wouldn't "see them". And if connected cycling infrastructure isn't already there, then you won't see as many cyclists as you would.

“They make me nervous because people are wiggling back and forth, you don’t know whether to slow down, speed up or whatever.”

Exactly why cyclists need to be separated from “nervous” drivers. We can't safely share space if you're nervous, and we need room to negotiate around manhole grates, road debris, potholes, and parked cars.

“A lot of people ride bikes but there are more people driving and why didn’t they put them on the side streets instead of the main streets where there isn’t as much traffic?” says Adams. “There is enough traffic on the main roads already without putting more on the main roads.”

A) traffic comes from cars, not cyclists. You can fit 100 cyclists in the same space you can fit 10 cars, and you'll never have "traffic congestion" moving 100 or even 1000 cyclists.

B) Accessible, safe infrastructure needs to be places that lead to destinations, not away from them. If main streets are a direct link to a destination, then it should be for active transportation, public transportation, and pedestrians. Motorists should only use their car to drive long distances, then the last mile should be using any other method available.

C) The argument that there are more car drivers than cyclists is lame. You can induce demand for forms of transportation outside of car driving, simply by building the infrastructure. The fact that there may be more drivers than cyclists at any given time is more of a symptom of a car dependency and a lack of safe, connected active transportation infrastructure.

but you can make it as annoying as possible.

This is the way! It's a shame that we have to also inconvenience ourselves because of some degenerate thieves, but prevention is way better than dealing with the aftermath of theft.

They wear masks because their family would be embarrassed by this Nazi shit. Fucking disgraceful cowards.

even with a regular bike its hard to secure both tires with one lock.

Yeah, unless the wheels are bolted on, I'll use one u-lock to secure the rear wheel, and another to secure the front wheel and frame.

As long as I have at least one u-lock on it, I feel less uneasy about having my bike locked outside.

This is always an interesting point.

It's hard to believe that any small business in a busy tourist area would see less business with more foot traffic, as they almost always benefit from it.

Something tells me that businesses who are doing worse after something like this, might just have a failing business, and use this as a scapegoat.

Commutes were excluded, meaning the analysis focused on how people moved during their free time when they were allowed to more freely choose how to get from place to place.

So, the numbers below might actually be higher than reported?

Cyclists had a 19 percent lower risk of all-cause dementia, 22 percent lower for Alzheimer’s specifically, a massive 40 percent lower risk for early-onset dementia, defined as dementia that hits before the age of 65, and 17 percent lower for the standard late-onset.

They are all over here, specifically at crossings that join MUPs (Multi Use Paths).

But they have made some areas more dangerous because of drivers who don't stop behind the line. A pedestrian walking slowly might not be hit, but a cyclist going bike speed is at far greater risk of "not being seeing".

be PREDICTABLE

This is why I strongly support banning on-street parking. Cars that randomly park on the side of the road, big, small, tall, some too far out, some blocking signs, some creating blind spots... they just create unpredictability and randomness for other road users.

I'm curious to know how people who have these larger cargo bikes lock them up when at a store or other destination.

With a regular bike, it's challenging enough when there are no racks (and even challenging when there are some poorly designed racks!, but at least you can lock a regular bike up to a number of other things (posts, trees, etc.).

If I owned a cargo bike, I'd probably use two locks + a cover.

Amazing how headlines will say LUIGI THE KILLER, but when it's about a white, Christian, domestic terrorist carrying out political assassinations, he's just a SUSPECTED SHOOTER.

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This time around, OnePlus has included a 345mAh capacity battery, which is said to offer up to 72 hours of usage.

I just can't. After using a Pebble and now a Garmin Instinct Solar (30+ day battery, even with GPS), I can't go back to charging every day or two. So incredibly annoying to have battery anxiety in a watch.

... someone stopped in the roundabout to let a car in.

I wish more people realized how dangerous some nice acts can be.

I've been in plenty of situations where someone might wave me on in situations where it really isn't appropriate or safe, so I have to basically yell at them to continue.

The last thing I want is for a driver with good intentions to be rear ended, and me getting hit. Three people's day would be ruined, at the very least.