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Parisians Are Choosing Bikes Over Cars. Will New Yorkers Do That, Too? - The New York Times (free article) (www.nytimes.com)

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Salivating for mid-block crosswalks, more armored bike lanes, daylit intersections, and more on the west coast, too.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

The thing about NYC is that even when the infrastructure supports it, the cars are just overbearing. And a constant threat. Just last week I was riding down the protected bike lane in park slope (bike lane separated from the street by unbroken line of parallel parked cars). Well, some idiot turned right into the bike lane right in front of me. I went over the hood.

The cops in the report called both of us victims because I damaged his car, blamed my “high rate of speed,” and noted how he wouldn’t have been able to see me. Fucking nonsense.