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Originally Posted by HoustonB
You might want to look at how countries like Denmark and The Netherlands cope with cyclists.
But the city layout and greater compactness of those places is so different from the United States. Is their answer our answer? I'm not sure it can be.

Originally Posted by HoustonB
Closer to home, Portland, Oregon is seeing significant increases in the number of cyclists and yet there is no talk of "further restrictions".
Seems to me that being required to use a bike lane or path if one is present, no matter how poorly designed or maintained, is a pretty serious restriction already.
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