Berlin's Plan to Become a City for Cyclists
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Berlin's Plan to Become a City for Cyclists
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#2"While a few decades ago, many Berlin streets seemed eerily traffic-free for such a major city"
Let's see, a few decades ago = at least 30 years = no later than 1987. The Berlin Wall fell in 1989. At that time, West Berlin was an enclave of West Germany located inside of Easy Germany.
So, perhaps that had something to do with the traffic in Berlin?
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#3While it would be great to see Berlin copy the UK cycling capital — Cambridge is brilliant in that regard — Berlin isn’t particularly bad. I’m looking for work in Berlin at the moment, and Berlin is less busy per square meter than any UK city I’ve been to (other than Ely, which shouldn’t count as a city).
Berlin traffic isn’t perfect, but on the other hand it is also more lawful than UK traffic, and less intimidating than CA traffic.
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#4I was in Valencia (Spain) a few weeks back. This city is one of the most ideal cities I have been to for cycling; flat, perfect climate, riverbed running right through the middle of the city, spacious roads and high density. One of the inhabitants told me they dedicated cycling lanes a year back or so. That was visible: They had painted bicycle lanes right over roads & pedestrian areas. I guess when the Valencian people start to see how much fun cycling ones life makes, Valencia will become the cycling capital of the world soon enough.
Berlin has quite some traits for a good cycling city as well. A flat geography really helps here, along with a willing population.
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#5It's crazy to think: you design a city for people, rather than cars, and the city becomes more livable.
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#6I hope they install a lot of showers...
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#7Meanwhile, in São Paulo, the mayor is trying very hard to remove bike lanes already built, and are passing laws that make it a lot harder to build new ones.
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#8Meanwhile, in São Paulo, the mayor is trying very hard to remove bike lanes already built, and are passing laws that make it a lot harder to build new ones.
Why on earth? An aunt who used to live there tells me the air pollution is quite bad -- one would think reducing emissions by encouraging cycling would be a priority.
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#9Berlin is, in my experience, an incredibly walkable city. Get a U-Bahn pass, and you can go almost anywhere in an hour; with their double ring and relatively dense stops, and Prussian train, and even bus scheduling, it's a breeze. Especially compared to the shitshow in American cities.
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#10I was in Valencia (Spain) a few weeks back. This city is one of the most ideal cities I have been to for cycling; flat, perfect climate, riverbed running right through the middle of the city, spacious roads and high density. One of the inhabitants told me they dedicated cycling lanes a year back or so. That was visible: They had painted bicycle lanes right over roads & pedestrian areas. I guess when the Valencian peo…
Just chiming in to say Valencia is LOVELY!!!! Such a fantastic, cheap, beautiful, beachy place to be.