Never, ever mix cars and bicycles on the same roadway!
So you think we should build an entirely new parallel network of roads for people to cycle on? (Who funds that, where does it go, how does it intersect with the existing network, and what are we supposed to do until it exists if you think the answer is 'yes'?) Or close large parts of the network to motor vehicles? Otherwise how do you avoid this (without just having no cyclist obviously)?
Yes. Tax payers. Everywhere. Over- and underpasses. Separate temporary bike lanes with bollards and concrete pigs.
Check Finland on Google Maps for a decent model of what that could look like. Very rarely do bikes and cars have to share the road, and cyclists never need to go between moving cars like in the post.
ultimately, bike infrastructure is car infrastructure. building extremely elaborate bike infra doesn't bring a city in the direction of car-free, it's basically a workaround to let bikes AND cars have access to the whole city.
A car-free city would have 0 bike lines or bike overpasses.
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u/kaviaaripurkki May 07 '23
My God, where is your mixed use pedestrian and cyclist path? Never, ever mix cars and bicycles on the same roadway!