alt Hacker NewsYou also don't want the streets you bike on to be clogged up with cars parking legally, parking illegally and circling the block continuously looking for parking.
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wpm • yesterday at 8:49 PM
They already are, and the more clogged the streets are the slower the cars are moving, so the safer it is for me. So actually, I don't mind.
Fricken • yesterday at 11:49 PM
For a cyclist high speed traffic is scary. Speed kills. Slow traffic –like, gridlocked car traffic– is freedom for a cyclist.
newsclues • yesterday at 11:29 PM
Correct, I want others to use bikes, walk or transit for most urban travel, because it’s the best option as it’s cheap, fast, safe and convenient.
Right, which is why the actual solution is mixed use development and a robust public transit system.
Ultimately this is a geometry problem. Cars are by far the least space-efficient method of transporting people; eventually your roads just can't accommodate any more traffic. If there's enough demand to visit a given area then anything that doesn't minimize cars will just make things worse.