#ReplaceBikewithCar Archives • Average Joe Cyclist https://averagejoecyclist.com/tag/replacebikewithcar/ A Blog for Average People who LOVE to ride bikes! Mon, 27 Dec 2021 02:33:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 15693361 3 Reasons Why We Need Separated Bike Lanes https://averagejoecyclist.com/benefits-separated-bike-lanes/ Mon, 16 Feb 2015 16:05:13 +0000 https://averagejoecyclist.com/?p=9792 And here's another photo of a mom with two little kids on a separate bike lane on Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver. To me it is just painfully obvious that these little children need to be kept separate from cars that could kill them. And the research supports me - separate bike lanes are a WHOLE lot safer than mixing up bikes and carsWe must DEMAND safe cycling infrastructure. We need separated bike lanes because cars are much BIGGER than bikes, and human beings are NOT perfect. Motorists make mistakes; cyclists make mistakes. Our mistakes should not have to be fatal. That's the most important reason why we need safe, separated bike lanes that keep all cyclists of All Abilities and Ages (AAA) safe at all times. And there are two other good reasons why we need safe cycling infrastructure, which I write about in this post. And it's not just me - all research shows that when you don't have safe bikeways, most people don't ride bikes. But as soon as you put in safe bikeways (read: physically separated bikeways), huge numbers of people start riding bikes.

The post 3 Reasons Why We Need Separated Bike Lanes appeared first on Average Joe Cyclist.

]]> 9792