Best & Worst global bike lanes
07-07-19, 10:28 PM
#26
Cycleway town
Besides the fact that Dutch cities are competing with infrastructure to portray themselves as cycling friendly, Eindhoven and surroundings considers itself the silicon valley of the Netherlands. It's booming and growing fast, this is also the connection to a whole new urban area in development and there are short on landmarks anyway. So I guess just shoveling earth was beneath them, or at least beneath the image the city wants.
But to be fair to them, 11 million euro's is not a lot of money when it comes to infrastructure. A simple single bicycle tunnel that meets some instable soil easily exceeds that number and it's dwarfed by car or train infrastucture.
But to be fair to them, 11 million euro's is not a lot of money when it comes to infrastructure. A simple single bicycle tunnel that meets some instable soil easily exceeds that number and it's dwarfed by car or train infrastucture.
Cyclists can be kept away from road junctions everywhere, but financiers and engineers have to be smart.
07-10-19, 07:21 AM
#27
Senior Member
I was riding on the sidewalk along Riverside drive, Where like a lot of cities the most expensive homes are built because the 1.5' bike lane has a drop in the middle where the ashfault meets the cement curb. Where I encountered an older fellow who objected.
This is a brand new road, Not even open to cars. They had the opportunity to do it right and they still don't get it.
But often the people that object to bikes on their side walk are the same ones who complain when the city purposes to widen the street and and take up 2' of property fronting their home, Even when it's city property anyway. Now their stuck with it for another 60 years or so.
This is a brand new road, Not even open to cars. They had the opportunity to do it right and they still don't get it.
But often the people that object to bikes on their side walk are the same ones who complain when the city purposes to widen the street and and take up 2' of property fronting their home, Even when it's city property anyway. Now their stuck with it for another 60 years or so.
