The ODT story includes details of which way each councillor voted - I’m taking note so I don’t accidentally rank any anti-cycleway councillors in the upcoming elections. Mind you, you can probably guess who they were if you know anything about Ōtepoti local politics.
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/wheels-come-dunedin-cycleway-radich-swings-vote
How frustrating - such a close vote too 😭
Gotta save a few car parks over safe cycling and walking though 😡
Editing to add the headline as it doesn’t seem to be showing in the preview:
Dunedin cans plan to put cycleway through student quarter
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360803091/dunedin-cans-plan-put-cycleway-through-student-quarter
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy is soliciting citizen feedback on “any aspect of Federal transportation infrastructure policy to inform the surface transportation reauthorization process." Every American is invited to share their thoughts on...
So... I've realised I actually hate bike lanes.
I'm not against the concept. It's just the theory and the reality don't match.
On roads, I expect idiot car brains and so I'm always on alert for them.
On cycle lanes, I expect to be more safe. But I'm not. The part of my commute where I'm on the high road is fine. As soon as I get to the part with dedicated cycle lanes, I'll encounter idiot cyclists who cycle in the wrong lane (there are lanes on each side of the road for cycles, so there's no excuse) almost leading to collisions. Idiots on illegal mopeds (they are not e-bikes, they are mopeds, whatever they want to claim) think they have a right to use their frickin throttle powered bike on the cycle lane. There will be pedestrians strolling along the cycle lane claiming right of way (I had to avoid one man with a freaking baby in a pushchair walking right towards me, even though there was plenty of space on the pavement, because he refused to move). Or a few weeks ago, an actual freaking car driving at right angles actually totally over the cycle lane right as I was about to go past. I wish I'd kicked his car, absolute car-brained prick. The pic shows where it happened. The man with the pushchair was around the same area.
Idiots upon idiots.
And this is why I have stopped cycling to work.
#fcars #carbrain #cyclelaneblockers #cyclelanes #London #bikes #Londoncycling #cyclists
Our country keeps astounding me with how backwards we are.
Banning all cyclists from pedestrian areas is a dangerous move.
There are so many better solutions, such as:
-marked #CycleLanes
-scrapping the #GigEconomy for deliveries
-investing as much in cycle infrastructure as is invested in vehicle infrastructure
Hey folks, there's a #ClimateEmergency underway, please don't carry on as usual
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/oct/31/cycling-clampdowns-city-councils-danger
Ah, cycle lanes in Spain, a gift that keeps on giving. Here is an example where adding the cycle lane is pure #enshittification. Before the cycle lane you had a nice, wide road to share with other traffic. No need to give way to traffic coming from side streets. Add a cycle lane and a stop sign for cyclists at each side road. Genius! Of course I ignore it, but I'm doing so at my own risk.
Counted three alone one weekend in July between Cork City Centre, Turner's Cross and the Tramore road
Five motorists fined by gardaí for driving in cycle lanes over four years
Both incidents were in the borough of #Poole.
Given the change in political make up of the county - Bournemouth recently kicked out it’s two Tory MPs (Tobias Elwood and Connor Burns) I’m hopeful that sound judgement can prevail at local council level too to ensure #cyclists are properly protected within road design.
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