Bicycles?

[Harmacist]

What exactly are their mechanics? How are they better than cars/buses? Why should I place the big roads with bicycle lanes instead of bus?

[Ric]

It's an extra lane both ways for another mode of transport. This gives you more capacity overall and at the same time reduces the amount of motor traffic on the road due to people cycling.

There is a policy aswell which promotes cycling over motor vehicles.

I guess the choice between having lots of cycle lanes or bus lanes is a personal choice mainly based on whether you use a lot of public transport or not. I've not put in any bus routes as yet(50k pop city so far) as I have so many cyclists :D

[Daveyboy]

A few things I've noticed...

- Cyclists can switch from bike to public transit, and then switch back to bikes again when they get off. I guess they're all using folding bikes.

- They can use the tarmac pedestrian paths, however they travel faster on the bike-only paths. I've never seen one use a gravel path so I don't think they can. If you ban bikes from sidewalks I'm not sure if that stops them using the ped paths too, haven't tried it.

- I'm not sure what benefit there is to preventing cyclists using the sidewalks, I can't see any. Does anyone know of one?

- Roads with bike lanes appear to work quite well with lots of people happily using them and zipping along as fast as the road vehicles, though you can't combine them with grass/trees so it may cost you increased noise.

[Pwner’s Manual]

I believe I have seen bikes on gravel paths. Banning bikes on sidewalks does indeed ban them from pedestrian paths. I came to this forum wondering if bike paths conveyed them faster. Thanks for the answer, @daveyboy.
The main reason we wish bikes were banned on the sidewalks of my neighborhood is that they come along too fast and tend to almost hit my dad as he is getting off the bus. The one thing that pedestrians and drivers can agree on: bicyclists suck.

[KittenCanaveral]

I take it, that's thers no way to lay down bike paths otn their own? I do wonder with the no bike paths on the tree lanes.

[Streeto]

Originally posted by KittenCanaveral:

I take it, that's thers no way to lay down bike paths otn their own? I do wonder with the no bike paths on the tree lanes.

There's bike paths in the pedestrian path section.

[KittenCanaveral]

Originally posted by Streeto:

Originally posted by KittenCanaveral:

I take it, that's thers no way to lay down bike paths otn their own? I do wonder with the no bike paths on the tree lanes.

There's bike paths in the pedestrian path section.

Guess I always missed them, I will need to look at that again - Thank you.

[Pwner’s Manual]

Originally posted by KittenCanaveral:

Originally posted by Streeto:

There's bike paths in the pedestrian path section.

Guess I always missed them, I will need to look at that again - Thank you.

@KittenCanaveral: You must have the Ater Dark DLC ($15) installed to find bike paths next to gravel/tarmac pedestrian paths. Once you do, there will also be roads with bicycle lanes visible from the road menu.

[KittenCanaveral]

Yep I do, I am just oblivious... so thats my bad. I do sorta wonder why roaids seem not to be used as oposed to sidewalks...

[Streeto]

Because cyclists on the road is dangerous for the cyclist and bottlenecks traffic. I don't know who thought it was a good idea in this day and age.

[KittenCanaveral]

Originally posted by Streeto:

Because cyclists on the road is dangerous for the cyclist and bottlenecks traffic. I don't know who thought it was a good idea in this day and age.

it's actualy safer then on the sidwalk.

[Streeto]

Originally posted by KittenCanaveral:

Originally posted by Streeto:

Because cyclists on the road is dangerous for the cyclist and bottlenecks traffic. I don't know who thought it was a good idea in this day and age.

it's actualy safer then on the sidwalk.

But how? The sidewalk has no huge chunks of rolling metal, just other humans.

The worst thing to happen on a sidewalk is a collision with a pedestrian, much less lethal than a collision with a moving car.

Sidewalk = Life
Road = Death

I tend to see things logically, and develop my views based on that, so that's just how I feel.

[KittenCanaveral]

driveways, and and pedestrians theirs quite a bit of data on the subject that bikelanes and road shareing is safer.

[azxcvbnm321]

For cyclists, riding on the sidewalk when there is no bike lane is safer, but unsafe for the pedestrians. I guess it just depends on whether you're a cyclist or not.

[Pwner’s Manual]

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[lillemingo]

Originally posted by Daveyboy:

A few things I've noticed...

- Cyclists can switch from bike to public transit, and then switch back to bikes again when they get off. I guess they're all using folding bikes.

All European public transport allows for normal bikes..