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03-16-05 | 01:48 PM

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jeff-o

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Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike

For more insight about the Cuban so-called preference for old American cars see: "Nurtured but not Loved"
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/27/au...48a0ca&ei=5070

Also found in the Automobile Section of last Sundays' NYT with a slide show:
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/automobiles/index.html
"Cubans do not love old American cars. Cubans love new American cars. But the newest ones that they can get their hands on are 45 years"

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Yep, it's true, at least for middle-class citizens. There are also lots of 40-year-old Russian cars.

However, there ARE some brand-new cars driving around there, but they are all from Europe. The nicest car I saw in Cuba was a 2003 or 2004 VW Jetta. You have to be extremely wealthy (by Cuba's standards) to afford one of these, or the car was given to you by the government for something you did for their cause...

Anyway, I'll not derail the topic any longer.

Bike lanes are a good idea, and I do feel safer in them simply because the road is wider. A wider road means a lower chance of some asshat flying by and clipping me with his car, since there is no reduction in llateral driving space when he passes. Should it be mandatory that you use the bike lane? No. Stronger cyclists should be able to use the "car lanes" if they choose to.

I sure appreciate it when the city repaves the roads and includes bike lanes, though!

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