Bikes vs Cars: A Documentary Inspiring better urban planning, Plus a CO2 Mapping App as proof we need it

Yeah, and because we know that man made global warming/climate change is a cruel hoax.

A pretty good title since most people who drive do not also own bicycles, and since of course you take your life into your hands every time you venture out onto the gnarly 110% auto-oriented streets.

One big easy step we could take, here in America, is to simply have 5-ish bike rules/rights questions on the driver’s license exam. With the stipulation that if you miss even one of these questions, you don’t get your license. At least for a day, you can come back the next day and re-take the test. Would definitely put bikes on the forefront of driver’s attention, at least for awhile.

That will only make PPF (plod, pass, forget) philosophy everlasting.

I wouldn’t expect anything else I’m afraid…

Cheers!

I.

@scentofreason: some states are now doing that. The problem is most people are only tested once for their knowledge of the law. Of course knowledge of the law is no guarantee of compliance. Can’t wait for robots to take over driving….

The biking lobby is pushing this cars vs. bikes thing. It was recently profiled on HBO Real Sports. The fact is bikes at a Denmark level popularity don’t work in many cities for cultural,weather or topograhpical reasons. It is not a blanket solution that will ever gain traction outside of very flat, temperate climate cities with massive density.
Creating new bike lanes by removing vehicle access will only result in more conflict. My own observations here in Norcal is that road bikers will ride outside their designated lanes for no explicable reason other than they just feel like it.
Creating massive conflict and really putting themselves at risk by challenging drivers who they cannot even see or sense their intent. Pure idiocy if you ask me.
I avoid it all by driving my massive 4×4 truck to the trailhead and riding without cars around me. I tried to go car free in my college days and it sucked and I was in the flatest area imaginable in Norcal and had the entire bikeshop of gear at my disposal.
I nice cage around you with heat and AC is a great thing. Why fight it?

Chasejj – my grandma would say the same about mountain biking, and that is “pure idiocy if you ask me”

There is no massive conflict with regards to drivers. Most drivers won’t be inconvenienced by more than a couple seconds on their commute by a biker. Of which they can make up by wiggling their right toe (in the comfort of AC and/ heat). Heck even if it was a minute (which is huge) that vast issue facing drivers is other drivers. You are the traffic. You are the problem. You are the back-up. You are the congestion. Bikes are a scapegoat.

yawn. go ride.

OFfcourse-
I did the same when I was in my 20’s in school. Add 30 years and kids and stuff and it just don’t work. For those reasons spending massive public infrastructure dollars is IMO not a priority or justified. I like cars for safe transport and bikes for fun. 95+% of the population would agree with me.
USA is not Denmark…anywhere I have ever seen. Different dynamic, different culture. Just different.

@chasejj Denmark and Holland are different only because at some point they said NO to the rampant car culture. It’s no coincidence. It was 40 years ago. So they planned their infrastructure for bikes, pedestrians, public transportation, closing inner cities to cars etc etc. Just note that it was easy not because it is flat, but because they had no local car industry to fight with … The car industry can largely be compared to the tobacco industry; It will follow the same fate, as people realize the trap they are in. Then, they will follow the tobacco industry and sell their junk to developing countries …