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Trams n Bikes (i.imgur.com)
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[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 weeks ago

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..

[-] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] Shou@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

I mean sounds like the problem is clear here. The combination isn't dangerous, the lack of seperation and traffic education is.

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

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).

[-] FundMECFSResearch 5 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago

so why do they not use the bike lanes? sounds like there's a pretty easy fix for their issues

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Because they're idiots/tourists/drunk/high/all of the above.

[-] gon@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago
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