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Parisians Are Choosing Bikes Over Cars. Will New Yorkers Do That, Too? - The New York Times (free article) (www.nytimes.com)
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Salivating for mid-block crosswalks, more armored bike lanes, daylit intersections, and more on the west coast, too.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

11.2 percent of trips in Paris are made by bike, compared with 5 percent in early 2020, David Belliard, the deputy mayor of Paris, told me in a text message. Just 4.3 percent of trips are made by car

That's amazing!

Can we get that mayor to come to the US? Or whoever is in charge of city infrastructure? Some of those changes won't work here (e.g. painted "no parking" areas will just get ignored in NYC), but I'd really like to see more impediments to crossing through major cities, because pushing cars to go around is the best way to reduce traffic.

Unfortunately, the culture here is to prioritize control for the individual instead of prioritizing overall flow. I sincerely hope that changes, because traffic even in my small-ish suburban area kind of sucks and could with a change in transit philosophy. We should be maximizing traffic flow and minimizing conflict, but we seem to do neither here.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I mean the big numbers are missing from those listed. How is the remaining 85% split up? Probably by foot and public transport but idk. Biking is the best if it works for your needs, but the real takeaway here is amazing public transport and walkability.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I was amazed at just how rare car trips are... In my local city, I think it's more like 85% by car, 10% by mass transit, 4% by foot, and 1% people somehow defying death on a bicycle...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think it could work here! My US city does concrete bike lane berms. Cars have to park in designated areas because they can't cross the concrete blocks or planters. My city has been putting in some speedhumps, too. The only complaint is that the infrastructure needs to be going in even faster to make it safe and approachable to whole families!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

We're making some progress as well. We're getting a bike path to finally join one path through the city with the intercity path, so that's nice. But I don't think I've ever ridden on a road with physical separation between the bike lane and the road. Either the bike path is completely separate or it's a bike lane in the door zone.