Encouraging active mobility is just getting started in my city (Tirana, Albania). It's understandable that it will take some time, but I think we're on the right path.
In our community, the plan to add sidewalk-level protected bike lanes to several major streets is being challenged by the Citizens with Disabilities committee. They have had bad experiences with speeding & unyielding cyclists and want them as far away as possible so are preferring designs that put cyclists on the street, separated from the sidewalk by parked cars, which means in the street between parked and moving cars, exactly the design we are trying to replace. What info, studies, examples do you have about safety for people with disabilities when bike infra improves? I assume one's safety does not depend on the other's "unsafety."
Encouraging active mobility is just getting started in my city (Tirana, Albania). It's understandable that it will take some time, but I think we're on the right path.
In our community, the plan to add sidewalk-level protected bike lanes to several major streets is being challenged by the Citizens with Disabilities committee. They have had bad experiences with speeding & unyielding cyclists and want them as far away as possible so are preferring designs that put cyclists on the street, separated from the sidewalk by parked cars, which means in the street between parked and moving cars, exactly the design we are trying to replace. What info, studies, examples do you have about safety for people with disabilities when bike infra improves? I assume one's safety does not depend on the other's "unsafety."