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by darklajid 2935 days ago
I agree. The city feels _designed_ for cars. There are lots of streets that are more or less not crossable in CBD without walking forever into one direction and try and find a pedestrian crossing.

Drivers are aggressive to the point that I nearly got ran over on zebra crossings multiple times.

Sidewalks are okay for pedestrians, but the (nice) "tables outside" culture paired with the (arguably nice as well) "everything is sheltered from sun and rain" attitude leading to lots of pillars/narrow ways it's nearly impossible to ride a bike/scooter.

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Seeing as most roads are 2 lanes each direction i think they should just reappropriate one of the lanes for bikes, ebikes and escooters. They would only need to do that on core routes which are already catered for cars by expressways. They should also introduce a test and license that let's competent riders ride at more practical speeds than the 25kmh. I already ride my bike at speeds of up to 40kmh on the flat under my own power.