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The tables on the road were only there for the inauguration day, but bike lane is here to stay.

https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/1596032/article/2025-06-14/lomme-apaise-securise-et-cyclable-le-bourg-renove-prefigure-l-avenue-de

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[–] wpb@lemmy.world 45 points 19 hours ago (25 children)

Lady in pink would be killed if she came to Amsterdam

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[–] redwattlebird@lemmings.world 57 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My hard line opinion is that roads are dead spaces. There is no opportunity for anything to grow or flourish; this includes things like community. More roads = more dead space.

If you want to activate a space, i.e. bring community back, reduce road space. And, of course, with reduced road space you need to counter balance with better infrastructure for other modes of transport to get people moving to and from.

Basic town planning! Looking at you... Local council...

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Don't look up parking lot rules in america, dead space like it's going out of style just so crowds can shop on black Friday and Christmas.

https://youtu.be/OUNXFHpUhu8

https://youtu.be/IgA4FJWIjI8

[–] redwattlebird@lemmings.world 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Ohoho... I have seen those rules and having visited both California and Texas last year, I can safely say that I don't want any of that where I live. California was marginally better than Texas though but not by much.

It was insane to me that it was a 3hr public bus ride to NASA, and that included a 20 minute walk from where the bus drops you off.

...And those Stepford Wives-like suburban hellscapes with nothing but roads and freeways for miles.

Madness.

[–] InputZero@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Madness? THIS IS AMERICA! ~Don't catch you slippin' now~

[–] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 151 points 1 day ago (27 children)

That bitch just walkin' in the bike lane.

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 47 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Get off the bike path grandma

[–] DakRalter@thelemmy.club 11 points 20 hours ago

In my experience cycling in London, it wouldn't be a bike lane without some doofus walking on it 😅

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