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@yianiris, you've made many assertions about vehicular cycling in this thread.
Do you have any data to back any of them up?
To recap:
My contention in the original post was that major road intersections in the US and Australia would be safer if they followed Dutch road design.
That includes bicycle lanes that are physically separated car traffic and pedestrian footpaths.
You claimed, vehemently, that this was not correct.
Well, in good faith, I provided you with data.
https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/@aj/statuses/01K2B1F0R06GD5M87EPBV3FZCXhttps://gts.sadauskas.id.au/@aj/statuses/01K2B1F0R06GD5M87EPBV3FZCXTo recap:
Cyclist fatalities are 44 per billion km cycled in the US, vs 10.7 billion km cycled in the Netherlands.
The average cyclist in the Netherlands rides 864 km each year, compared to 47 km in the US.
The modal share for cycling is over 50% in Utrecht:
https://cyclingindustry.news/netherlands-further-builds-on-cyclings-modal-share-hitting-51-in-utrecht/In contrast, just 3.2% of people cycle or walk to work each day in the US:
https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/2024/demo/acsbr-018.pdfSo significantly more people cycle each day in the Netherlands, which has protected bike lanes, compared to the US, which has few.
Road deaths in The Netherlands are at 4.19 per 100,000 people, compared to 12.84 per 100,000 in the US.
Multiple people have pointed out the causative mechanisms. They include
@OhTheUrbanity @jakecoppinger@Charles @LovesTha@stephengentle@johnquiggin and others.
Cycling on dedicated paths or on barrier protected dedicated lanes feels more comfortable to cycle in, so more people cycle than in mixed traffic.
On main roads, less contact with cars means fewer opportunities for accidents.
Now, you've written many replies since then.
Many ad hominem attacks.
(For example you falsely claimed that
@vandenberglegs, who posts about many social and environmental topics, solely posts about cycling. Clearly not the case!)
Many frankly bizzare claims.
Little in the way of sources or data.
Do you have any data to back any of the claims you've made in this thread?
@pewnack @ajsadauskas