Dangerous combination, bike wheels get stuck in the rails and people eat shit, seen it often in Amsterdam from folks that don't use the proper cycling lanes..
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In Berlin they use a rubber to fill the tracks. The trams are heavy enough to push it down, but it keeps light bicycle wheels from geting stuck.
Surprising. They experimented with similar stuff in Belgium, it didn't work out. The rubber wears out quickly (expensive) and the safety effect appeared very small. Possibly even leading to false feeling of safety, making it more dangerous
I mean sounds like the problem is clear here. The combination isn't dangerous, the lack of seperation and traffic education is.
Right that is what I meant indeed, just make sure the bikes don't need to drive along the rails on the same path (crossing them perpendicularly is fine though).
As someone who spent years biking on tram tracks in Vienna, it’s not dangerous unless you’re unaware of it. You just ened to be aware that you need to cross tracks at atleast a 30 degree angle.
so why do they not use the bike lanes? sounds like there's a pretty easy fix for their issues
Because they're idiots/tourists/drunk/high/all of the above.
Yup yup
Fuck what wouldn't I give to get trams back :(
Paradeplatz, Zürich. Surprised I can't see any Swiss flags.
If you zoom in, pic looks like it was mid lockdown. (Public transit often still ran for essantial workers and errands in lockdown, since many city folk don’t have a car).