<story><title>Burgeoning bike cities emerge across America</title><url>https://www.axios.com/burgeoning-biking-cities-america-298240b8-913e-4c59-8da3-8ea0167bbf54.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>keeganjw</author><text>I will say, not all bike lanes are created equal. In the Netherlands, a lot of bike lanes are built as proper infrastructure. They&amp;#x27;re separated with a curb, nicely paved, free of debris, heck they often have their own traffic lights. In many US cities, they just slap some paint on the ground and call it good.&lt;p&gt;Having ridden on both types, the Dutch style bike lane feels much safer.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>knolan</author><text>Paint is not infrastructure. I regularly cycle to work clocking up about 200km a week. Entitlement, aggression and abuse by motorists has a major impact on the numbers of people cycling. Segregated cycle routes are essential.</text></comment>
<story><title>Burgeoning bike cities emerge across America</title><url>https://www.axios.com/burgeoning-biking-cities-america-298240b8-913e-4c59-8da3-8ea0167bbf54.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>keeganjw</author><text>I will say, not all bike lanes are created equal. In the Netherlands, a lot of bike lanes are built as proper infrastructure. They&amp;#x27;re separated with a curb, nicely paved, free of debris, heck they often have their own traffic lights. In many US cities, they just slap some paint on the ground and call it good.&lt;p&gt;Having ridden on both types, the Dutch style bike lane feels much safer.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>walleeee</author><text>Bike lanes in the US can be pretty haphazard, in many cases they&amp;#x27;re sprinkled discontinuously around the area like a tease&lt;p&gt;it almost feels more dangerous to merge into and out of motor traffic at every other intersection</text></comment>