A few observations:
I think we should join all those metal boxes together end to end, enlarge the space within, place them all on a track and make it run on a schedule. Just pitching ideas here, what do you guys make of it?
Ah, the good old Adam Something trick! In the end everything can become a train!
I also always love these long ass comment chains where people optimise any problem / solution for traffic/transport until it becomes a train.
What is this, Communalism?
Bicycles FTW
But fuck those motorbikes in the bicycle lane
I thought that's what this was at first, then I realized the video is just sped up.
They passed alot more cars than that as it is only counting the right lane here
150 cars locking up several buses and an ambulance, no less.
God I hate the assholes that can't even stay in the lines when atopped.
It's actually an amazing feeling when this happens. Makes me pedal way harder.
I'd bet a bunch of them would rather be on their bikes with you if there were decent bike infrastructure...
Infrastructure is the key. I've had a lot of people tell me they're too scared to cycle.
I bike to work everyday(25km back and forth), mainly in a city that is doing well in term of infrastructure (Paris, but I live in the suburbs), and sometimes when I'm home and think about it I wonder why I'm doing something that dangerous. But then when I'm on the bike I don't feel in danger at all.
It's weird, and I guess it is a brake on change.
I feel similar. 5km to work for me and I ride it every day. Probably twice a week I have a bad encounter with a car. Usually just them not noticing me on a crosswalk (which is why I always pretend I'm invisible). And in my city, we have far above the national average of bike deaths from cars.
But I still enjoy biking, and don't enjoy driving. And think cars ruin cities. And want change. I guess that's enough for me to ignore the serious risks.
All those school busses indicates this is at maximum possible congestion condition time.
The blocks around my kids school become an instant popup blockade for about 30 minutes everyday.
Public transit options are so necessary.
It also ends at road works
Meanwhile in my city: passed cars: 1. The second car is already blocking the bike lane for mysterious reasons and you cannot get around. Then first right turn possibility: all the cars turn right without watching out for bikes. Then the light is red again. Maybe you can make it alive during the next green phase 🥲
A fun game for cyclists : it's called The Race. I think there were rules somewhere on the internet. I've forgotten the details but this is basically how it goes.
You lose the same amount every time you get passed
On good days I can easily get in the thousands with all the cars commuting. Makes me feel so good.
How many points for busses? Trains?
Where I am, cyclists and busses share the same lane, so it would be extra hard to pass one. 20 points?
Passing a train would make you the king/queen of bicycle forever
If only separated bike lanes were more common. I'm really not comfortable riding with all those cars just right there.
You don't like it when the cars randomly drift into the bike lanes? You really need to learn to share the road, my friend.
I ride a recumbent, which is good for me, people notice the weird bike, bad for the people ahead of me since cars tend to drift a bit as they keep watching me after they've passed me
We should have shared lanes between freight trains and cars, without any signalling or crossing. Everyone should share
And so many of them can't stay on their side of the line. Glad nobody was opening doors.
This was my favorite thing to think about back when I lived somewhere bikable
If I ride in peak hour the most blocked up road is quite downhill so you fly past many cars
But I don't like riding in peak hour, as crossing entrance ramps is slow and crossing exit ramps is frightening, though the great bulk of drivers are careful around bikes
I used to leave my house at 4:30am to get to work for 6.
I watched the sun rise most mornings, the streets would be dead. Then around Christmas time, suddenly cars would be out on my roads.. yes my roads lol. I'd curse them, because they would scare me doing 50mph+ right by me. I rode in winter, and I swear one time this fucker was trying to play chicken with me or something. I had to maneuver very quickly, he watched me dump my bike on some ice, and then suddenly was able to speed pass me as he watched me fall.
Absolutely, I was always faster with my bike inside the outer city ring, mainly because I saved looking for a parking space. Now? Not so much. My commute is 50km across the mountains, 45 minutes by car, three hours by bike if I take the electric one.
I like this feeling when I take the bike.
150 people, likely? So a couple busses or a single crowded LRT? Heavens...
Flying by traffic really is one of the best feelings, not quite up there with being on a trail with no traffic, but still... just great.
What is this, a bike lane for ants!?
Centre Street in Boston. Amusingly enough, this video starts a stone's throw away from a major transit hub connecting three commuter rail lines to the T.
And worth noting, it looks like this backup is almost entirely caused by the reduction to one lane at the Allandale Street intersection due to construction.
Shouldn't it be about double that number because of the second car lane?
Yes, but also friendly reminder that there is no such thing as a "car lane." There is only a general-purpose lane, which allows cars along with all other vehicle types (including bicycles, even if there's also a bicycle-only lane).
even if there's also a bike lane
Not in my town. We're not allowed in the general lane without a good reason if there's a bike lane (indicated by signs, painted lanes with bike symbols in them aren't necessarily bike lanes, painted or separated lanes with start and end signs are bike lanes)
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