• M500@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    I love this idea.

    What if cities implemented special routes that are cycle only routes.

    They could make small roads that lead to popular parts of the city easily and safely bikeable.

    God! I wish my roads were not so dangerous.

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      9 months ago

      It takes so little effort to just create 2-3 routes going along each cardinal direction of a city if you compare it to normal road infrastructure, but it massively improves the cycling experience.

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    9 months ago

    I cycled through here earlier this year! Beautiful part of the world. Are you going along the EV15?

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    9 months ago

    It’s nice. But it’s pretty much the only cycling path in Mannheim that really deserves the name. And it’s only about two kilometres. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a start. But we need way way more like that and that isn’t happening right now.

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      9 months ago

      Danke, ich dachte schon ich müsse meine Meinung von Mannheim ändern /s

      Irgendwo muss man anfangen und wenn’s erstmal eine Stadt macht werden andere viel leichter folgen.

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      9 months ago

      Hahaha this is the kind of idea that halts all development so some stupid comittee can discuss names for years. Who cares what the name is? Highway is an okay name

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          9 months ago

          Is it really? I don’t recall the cycleways being dominated by young white men.

          Not that I always feel safe on ‘cycle superhighways’ which in many places are just a glorified bike lane tacked on as a complete afterthought, weaving on and off pavements and around bus stops, lacking proper signs to know where it continues after an intersection or just randomly finishing and leaving you stuck in the midst of cars.

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      9 months ago

      So, “express network” instead of “highway”. But other than marketing/communication, I didn’t see much concrete suggestions of how to make them more inclusive.

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      9 months ago

      The idea that only young white males will know not to be afraid of the term “cycle super-highway” is insulting to the very people you want to be inclusive to.

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      9 months ago

      What a stupid take. A name is just a name, any connotations are made up by experience. If your cycling highway isn’t safe for drivers that’s an issue, but not caused by the name. What the fuck. Highway is also not exclusive towards women and people of color. I repeat, what the fuck.