Originally Posted by mconlonx

Whenever I'm some place where cyclists are used to being on the roads and drivers are used to dealing with them, I am mildly amazed at how well it works most of the time. Add in pedestrians, skaters, commercial vehicles, buses and taxis...

Things which dumbfound me is how few accidents there actually are, how few of them involve a cyclist. Places I've experienced this include Cambridge MA and SF CA. DC has improved in just a few years.

For all the traffic, for all the bone-headed moves on all sides, truly an everyday miracle more people don't get gnashed by traffic.