Daniel Quinn@lemmy.ca to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoAmazon delivery vans were parked in bike lanes all over Cambridge today.mastodon.socialexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1360arrow-down19file-textcross-posted to: cambridge@feddit.uk
arrow-up1351arrow-down1external-linkAmazon delivery vans were parked in bike lanes all over Cambridge today.mastodon.socialDaniel Quinn@lemmy.ca to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square73fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: cambridge@feddit.uk
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·edit-21 day agoWhat cyclists are more of, compared to people driving cars, is vulnerable, which means they’re more important to protect – by not blocking bike lanes and forcing them to mix with car traffic, for example!
minus-squarefrayedpickles@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·1 day agoBut that’s an irrelevant point if you live, as most Americans do, in an area where nobody is biking to begin with.
minus-squareSeekPie@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 hour agoDo you not see cyclists because they don’t exist or you don’t see them because they use different roads than you? Just because most don’t doesn’t mean that no one does.
What cyclists are more of, compared to people driving cars, is vulnerable, which means they’re more important to protect – by not blocking bike lanes and forcing them to mix with car traffic, for example!
But that’s an irrelevant point if you live, as most Americans do, in an area where nobody is biking to begin with.
Do you not see cyclists because they don’t exist or you don’t see them because they use different roads than you?
Just because most don’t doesn’t mean that no one does.