I have this attitude when biking. In the US. At least I assume everyone has this attitude towards me. I’d rather be respectful to the people walking and piss off the cars. There are just too many times when taking the sidewalk on a bike makes the situation 10x safer for you.
But I’m not gonna be an asshole to people walking. If it’s a busy area. I walk the bike. If it’s an open area where I can see I’ll ride the bike and stop/walk if I see someone ahead.
It’s not often I have to. Usually I just take up the entire lane on the street and bother the cars. But I’ll take the sidewalk for a bit if it makes it significantly safer to do so.
Oh, I also turn off the electric assist on my electric bike when I’m on sidewalks with people. No one wants to hear that noise.
Yes. Cars are 100x worse. But people normalize that because they have to. I want people walking to see bikers as nice and respectful by comparison.
Even if we didn’t totally abolish cars, I’d really like to at least see parts of the city for “personal transport”. Any vehicle that carries a single person, with lanes only as wide as required to accommodate.
I have this attitude when biking. In the US. At least I assume everyone has this attitude towards me. I’d rather be respectful to the people walking and piss off the cars. There are just too many times when taking the sidewalk on a bike makes the situation 10x safer for you.
But I’m not gonna be an asshole to people walking. If it’s a busy area. I walk the bike. If it’s an open area where I can see I’ll ride the bike and stop/walk if I see someone ahead.
It’s not often I have to. Usually I just take up the entire lane on the street and bother the cars. But I’ll take the sidewalk for a bit if it makes it significantly safer to do so.
Oh, I also turn off the electric assist on my electric bike when I’m on sidewalks with people. No one wants to hear that noise.
Yes. Cars are 100x worse. But people normalize that because they have to. I want people walking to see bikers as nice and respectful by comparison.
Even if we didn’t totally abolish cars, I’d really like to at least see parts of the city for “personal transport”. Any vehicle that carries a single person, with lanes only as wide as required to accommodate.