I prefer riding on the street with the cars. I feel more visible that way. When I’m on a separate bicycle path separated from the street by parked cars, there’s a risk they won’t see me when turning right. Also, when cycling on the street it’s easier to switch to the lane for turning left with the cars, which is usually much quicker than waiting at two traffic lights consecutively for turning left. Of course, this depends on the density of car traffic and local laws. I’m talking Berlin, Germany.
Sounds to me like the problem isn’t separated bicycle paths, but rather that the engineers in your jurisdiction don’t design the intersections properly.
Ah, well there’s your problem. Ever since the CDU started supplying the transportation commissioner, Berlin city hall has been chugging gasoline and car company copium and is setting back cycling in Germany’s capital for several years.
My suggestion: I’ve heard there are protests going on. Get in on them. Pull a Cave Johnson if you must. “When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade! Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons! What am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager!
Make life rue the day it thought it could give @konkonjoja lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man whose gonna burn your house down - with the lemons!”
Same with the bike gutters here in Waterloo, Ontario. They’ve even found a way to make them worse. They put a short curb between the gutter and the car lane that does nothing to stop a car but prevents cyclists from taking the lane when it is safer to do so, like near lanes and intersections.
I prefer riding on the street with the cars. I feel more visible that way. When I’m on a separate bicycle path separated from the street by parked cars, there’s a risk they won’t see me when turning right. Also, when cycling on the street it’s easier to switch to the lane for turning left with the cars, which is usually much quicker than waiting at two traffic lights consecutively for turning left. Of course, this depends on the density of car traffic and local laws. I’m talking Berlin, Germany.
Sounds to me like the problem isn’t separated bicycle paths, but rather that the engineers in your jurisdiction don’t design the intersections properly.
Ah, well there’s your problem. Ever since the CDU started supplying the transportation commissioner, Berlin city hall has been chugging gasoline and car company copium and is setting back cycling in Germany’s capital for several years.
My suggestion: I’ve heard there are protests going on. Get in on them. Pull a Cave Johnson if you must. “When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade! Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons! What am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give @konkonjoja lemons! Do you know who I am? I’m the man whose gonna burn your house down - with the lemons!”
Same with the bike gutters here in Waterloo, Ontario. They’ve even found a way to make them worse. They put a short curb between the gutter and the car lane that does nothing to stop a car but prevents cyclists from taking the lane when it is safer to do so, like near lanes and intersections.