• Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Coincidentally it is the same space that is used by bikes. Or does the artist picture them as combat-biking on the pavement?

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      1 year ago

      Bikes take much less space and they will go around people, it’s not uncommon for roads to be shared for bikes and pedestrians at the same time. On the other hand you risk getting hit by a car if you walk into the streets, thus the metaphor of falling down a chasm.

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        1 year ago

        Bikes take much less space and they will go around people,

        Well, I seriously doubt that bikes generally go “around” people. For pedestrians in a pedestrian environment, a bike is about as dangerous as a car is for bikes on a road.

        you risk getting hit by a car if you walk into the streets

        Just like you risk getting run over by a combat-biker in the pavement, the pedestrian zone in the city, or a pedestrian crossing. And don’t tell me those things dont happen - I see them every day.

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          1 year ago

          I don’t know where you come from (I guess US?) but I live in a city that has a very long bike lane shared with pedestrian sidewalk and I take that road very often, nothing ever happens. Worst case scenario I just ring my bicycle bell and they move aside, which is a plus because I love ringing my bell :)

        • yA3xAKQMbq@lemm.ee
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          1 year ago

          For pedestrians in a pedestrian environment, a bike is about as dangerous as a car is for bikes on a road.

          Numbers, please.

          Just like you risk getting run over by a combat-biker in the pavement […] I see them every day.

          Numbers, please.