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Vista to remove bike lane barriers in some areas just months after installing them
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this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2025
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Yeah I live in a country where it rains, snows and where people ride bikes to the office in their suits and shiny shoes because they prefer it over being stuck in traffic.
Even the prime minister (now head of NATO) used to ride his bike to work, although that was probably also an image thing ("he looks so normal! What a nice guy").
I don't think bikes are the problem, just one random bike lane is not going to cut it, you need a good (safe, quick, comfortable) route to get from A to B and a bit of time for people to adjust.
Just note that every person that takes the bike means one less car on the road. So proper bike lanes are the solution for traffic jams.
But in the end, if you want to live in a country that looks like a highway, you do you.
I’m not saying I don’t want bike lanes.
But the layout of the city I live in is a bunch of districted connected by a big highway.
People are not riding a bike from one district to the other and if they do, they are at high risk of getting hit.
So bike lanes are stupid when only 1 district implements them and doesn’t offer any way to get there from other places safely.
It is literally unused and takes up a lane to worsen traffic even further.
So your argument is any one district is wrong to put in a bike lane because they all don’t have bike lanes? How do expect to have connecting bike lanes if you don’t start anywhere?
And your second issue is it’s dangerous for bikes so we shouldn’t have bikes? Maybe people should drive better?
You even used the classic “I never saw anyone use them”
You sound like you just don’t want bike lanes…