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[–] dojan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

On the autobahn? Don’t they have bike roads?

[+] bob_wiley@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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[–] dojan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ooh! That's awesome!

Where I live we just have bike roads pretty much everywhere. I'm moving to a different town that literally has bike roads connecting it to the neighbouring town 30 kilometres away. It's so easy to take that infrastructure for granted, and I don't think you quite realise it until you see people biking on the autobahn. My brain just goes "holy shit they're gonna get minced."

[–] Radicalized@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What country?

[–] dojan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sweden.

[–] kerplink@lemmy.sedimentarymountains.com 2 points 1 year ago

That's one more reason I would love to live in Sweden. I visited once and it was marvelous.

[–] frostbiker@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cycling infrastructure in Sweden? That is not possible! Let's be realistic: bicycles don't work six months of the year when it is cold outside. Bicycle tracks can't be plowed, winter tires don't exist and people can't wear warm clothing while riding a bike. Nobody ever leaves the house in winter unless they are safely surrounded by a big metal box with an air conditioner attached to it.

...or at least those are the reasons I've heard that explain why we can't have better cycling infrastructure in Canada.

[–] dojan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I was never super fond of biking in the winter. There are definitely plenty of people biking year round though! If the option is there people will use it.