Normally I would agree with the essence of the comment but I can also understand what the person you’re replying to is expressing.
I’m from a rural town in Canada and I moved away specifically so that I do not need a car in my life. In and around the city, I can pretty much use public transit mixed with my bike to cover a radius of about 100 km. I will usually take the lane and use the space I have the right to use.
However my family still lives in that rural region and it’s around 140 km away. I can use public transit and bring my bike for the first 100 km, but I have to cycle on rural roads for about 40 km and it’s always a scary experience. To the point where I simply refuse to cycle on those roads and ask for someone in my family to come grab me, or cycle the entire 140 km using a dedicated bike path.
I am very adamant on “roads should be for everyone”, but doing that in some regions of North America will just get you killed, and blamed for it.
Roads are for bikes. What’s your problem?
Normally I would agree with the essence of the comment but I can also understand what the person you’re replying to is expressing.
I’m from a rural town in Canada and I moved away specifically so that I do not need a car in my life. In and around the city, I can pretty much use public transit mixed with my bike to cover a radius of about 100 km. I will usually take the lane and use the space I have the right to use.
However my family still lives in that rural region and it’s around 140 km away. I can use public transit and bring my bike for the first 100 km, but I have to cycle on rural roads for about 40 km and it’s always a scary experience. To the point where I simply refuse to cycle on those roads and ask for someone in my family to come grab me, or cycle the entire 140 km using a dedicated bike path.
I am very adamant on “roads should be for everyone”, but doing that in some regions of North America will just get you killed, and blamed for it.
Don’t live in North America then.
Do you actually think this exchange was in any way helpful or productive