La Calle de Córdoba.
An interview in the weekly "La Calle de Córdoba" one of the participants in the critical mass of the city reveals a few common sense points about cycling:
- Why oppose the bike lane?
- Mainly because I think the bike is a better vehicle and as such, it is better to travel on the rail-enabled vehicles. Bike lanes are usually made out of the driveway, and what they do is annoy pedestrians. It takes away space for pedestrians, who already has quite recently, and I prefer to adapt to the circular road like any other vehicle, respecting the rules of traffic.
- What is an unsafe position?
- I feel safer using the bike as well, because I am guided by the logic of traffic while the bike path is free of that logic. In it, sometimes you go down the sidewalk, others on the road, and that interference between road and pavement can unnerve and even become far more dangerous, because you have many things that do not control.
- Mainly because I think the bike is a better vehicle and as such, it is better to travel on the rail-enabled vehicles. Bike lanes are usually made out of the driveway, and what they do is annoy pedestrians. It takes away space for pedestrians, who already has quite recently, and I prefer to adapt to the circular road like any other vehicle, respecting the rules of traffic.
- What is an unsafe position?
- I feel safer using the bike as well, because I am guided by the logic of traffic while the bike path is free of that logic. In it, sometimes you go down the sidewalk, others on the road, and that interference between road and pavement can unnerve and even become far more dangerous, because you have many things that do not control.
RECOMMENDED READING:
1. urban bicycle safety Manual
2. The false security of urban bike lanes
3. myths of urban bike lanes
CIRCULAR VIDEOS WITH TIPS ON BIKE (English):
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